Triclinic

Definition: Triclinic

Triclinic

Adjective

1. (crystallography) having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles; "triclinic system".

Etymology: Triclinic \Tri*clin"ic\, adjective. [Prefix tri- Greek expression to incline.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Triclinic

Domain	Definition
Mining	A. In crystallography, periodicity requiring three crystal axes having no further constraint on the interaxial angles designated alpha, beta, and gamma. b. The least symmetric of the seven (or six) crystal systems, requiring all three axial vectors a, b, and c and three interaxial angles alpha , beta , and gamma as lattice parameters. Of its two crystal classes, one has a center of symmetry and the other does not. Feldspars and axinites crystallize in the triclinic system. Syn:anorthic (obsolete);triclinic system. (references)
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Synonym: Triclinic

Synonym: anorthic (adj). (additional references)

Antonym: monoclinic (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Triclinic

English words defined with "triclinic": Andesine ♦ Babingtonite ♦ Diabase, Dolerite ♦ Microcline ♦ Norite ♦ oligoclase ♦ plagioclase ♦ The Triclinic system, Triclinate. (references)

Specialty definitions using "triclinic": amarantite ♦ baumhauerite, brachy axis, bustamite ♦ chudobaite, crystallization systems ♦ hemiprism ♦ lengenbachite, litidionite ♦ macro-axis, margarosanite ♦ parahilgardite, pseudowollastonite ♦ robinsonite, roscherite ♦ soda orthoclase, stercorite, systems of crystals ♦ tantite ♦ x-direction ♦ y-direction ♦ z-direction. (references)

Etymologies containing "triclinic": Anorthosite. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Triclinic

"Triclinic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Triclinic" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	2	245,945

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Expression: Triclinic

Expression using "triclinic": The Triclinic system. Additional references.
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Modern Translation: Triclinic

Language		Translations for "triclinic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		triklin, háromhajlású. (various references)

Pig Latin		iclinictray
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Misspellings: Triclinic

Misspellings
	"Triclinic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trikini, Triklone, trilineal. (additional references)
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Rhyming with "Triclinic"

Words rhyming with "triclinic" (pronounced 'Tri*clin"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Triclinic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-i-i-i-l-n-r-t"
	-3 letters: citric, citrin, clinic, clitic, critic, iritic, nitric, nitril.
	-4 letters: ictic, licit, ricin.
	-5 letters: clit, inti, lint, liri, tirl.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-i-i-i-l-n-r-t"
	+4 letters: clarification, cliometrician.
	+5 letters: clarifications, cliometricians, criminalistics, inarticulacies, mercantilistic, reconciliation.
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