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triclinic

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tri⋅clin⋅ic

  [trahy-klin-ik]
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–adjective Crystallography.
noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization in which the three axes are unequal and intersect at oblique angles.

Origin:
1850–55; tri- + Gk kln(ein) to lean 1 , slope + -ic
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tri·clin·ic   (trī-klĭn'ĭk)   
adj.  Having three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. Used of certain crystals.
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triclinic   (trī-klĭn'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to a crystal having three axes of different lengths intersecting at oblique angles. The mineral microcline (a type of feldspar) has triclinic crystals. See illustration at crystal.
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