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monoclinic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective monoclinic has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
monoclinic, a. [Mono- + Gr. to incline.].
Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
monoclinic, adj. (of a crystal) having one axial intersection oblique.
Etymology
MONO- + Gk klino lean, slope
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