Orthorhombic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to a crystalline structure of three mutually perpendicular axes of different length.
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  • adj. having three unequal axes at right angles
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See crystallization.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Rectangular and rhombic.
  • In crystallography, noting the system of crystallography which is characterized by three unequal axes intersecting at right angles; belonging to this system: as, sulphur is orthorhombic. Also called trimetric. See crystallography.
    • Word Usage
    "Today I learned that topaz is a mineral, the fluosilicate of aluminum, usually occurring in prismatic orthorhombic crystals of various colors."
    Cross Reference
    tetragonal    hexagonal    cubic    monoclinic    rhombohedral   
    Variant
    crystallization   
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