triclinic

Thân thiện

A student examines a triclinic crystal model in geology class.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles: In crystallography, "triclinic" describes a crystal system characterized by three axes of unequal length that all intersect at angles that are not 90 degrees.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The mineral exhibited a triclinic crystal structure.
  • In the triclinic system, none of the axes are perpendicular to each other.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific Context: The term is almost exclusively used in geology, mineralogy, and materials science to classify and describe the symmetry and geometry of crystalline solids.
  • Plagioclase feldspar is a common example of a mineral that crystallizes in the triclinic system.

Variants and Related Words

• Triclinicity (noun): The quality or state of being triclinic.
• Triclinic System (noun phrase): One of the seven crystal systems in crystallography.

Synonyms

• Anorthic: A less common synonym for triclinic, used in some scientific texts.

Antonyms

• Cubic: Describing a crystal system with three axes of equal length intersecting at right angles.
• Tetragonal: Describing a crystal system with two axes of equal length and one axis of different length, all intersecting at right angles.
• Orthorhombic: Describing a crystal system with three axes of unequal length intersecting at right angles.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles
   • triclinic system

Từ đồng nghĩa

• anorthic