triclinic [trahy-klin-ik] ExamplesWord Origin adjective Crystallography.
- noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization in which the three axes are unequal and intersect at oblique angles.
Compare crystal system. Origin of triclinic 1850–55; tri- + Greek klī́n(ein) to lean1, slope + -ic Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for triclinic Historical Examples of triclinic
They are triclinic, with cleavages meeting at approximately 86 degrees.
William J. Miller
This is a soda Feldspar and is triclinic, but exhibits the color characteristic of moonstone.
Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 2 [July 1902]
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All the sodium, sodium-calcium, and calcium species are triclinic, except the rare monoclinic sodium felspar barbierite.
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In the triclinic system there are three unequal axes and these intersections are all oblique.
Charles A. Bramble
British Dictionary definitions for triclinic triclinic adjective
- relating to or belonging to the crystal system characterized by three unequal axes, no pair of which are perpendicularAlso: anorthic
Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 triclinic in Science triclinic [trī-klĭn′ĭk]
- Relating to a crystal having three axes of different lengths intersecting at oblique angles. The mineral microcline (a type of feldspar) has triclinic crystals. See illustration at crystal.
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