brachydome

 [brak-i-dohm]  

brach·y·dome

   [brak-i-dohm]
noun Crystallography.
a dome the faces of which are parallel to the shorter lateral axis.
Compare macrodome.

Origin:
1865–70; brachy- + dome
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