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monoclinic
[ mon-uh-klin-ik ]
adjective
Crystallography.
- noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization in which the crystals have three unequal axes, with one oblique intersection.
monoclinic
/ ˌɒəʊˈɪɪ /
adjective
- crystallog relating to or belonging to the crystal system characterized by three unequal axes, one pair of which are not at right angles to each other
monoclinic
/ ŏ′ə-ĭ′ĭ /
- Relating to a crystal having three axes of different lengths. Two of the axes are at oblique angles to each other, and the third axis is perpendicular to the plane that is made by the other two. The mineral gypsum has monoclinic crystals.
- See illustration at crystal
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of monoclinic1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of monoclinic1
C19: from mono- + Greek īԱ to lean + -ic
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This could induce the structural transition of WTe2 from orthorhombic to monoclinic, as if charge doping had been applied to the sample.
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More specifically, lead titanate changes shape from tetragonal to rhombohedral through monoclinic intermediates under pressure.
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Discovery of Fe7O9: a new iron oxide with a complex monoclinic structure.
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Hiddenite occurs in small slender monoclinic crystals of prismatic habit, often pitted on the surface.
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It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure.
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