triclinic

[ trahy-klin-ik ]

adjective

, Crystallography.

1. noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization in which the three axes are unequal and intersect at oblique angles.

triclinic

/ traɪˈklɪnɪk /

adjective

1. relating to or belonging to the crystal system characterized by three unequal axes, no pair of which are perpendicular Alsoanorthic

triclinic

/ trī-klĭn′ĭk /

1. Relating to a crystal having three axes of different lengths intersecting at oblique angles. The mineral microcline (a type of feldspar) has triclinic crystals.
2. See illustration at crystal

Word History and Origins

Origin of triclinic¹

1850–55; tri- + Greek klī́n ( ein ) to lean ¹, slope + -ic

Example Sentences

All the sodium, sodium-calcium, and calcium species are triclinic, except the rare monoclinic sodium felspar barbierite.

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In the triclinic system there are three unequal axes and these intersections are all oblique.

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They are triclinic, with cleavages meeting at approximately 86 degrees.

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It forms triclinic crystals which melt at 60 C. and boil at 196 C.

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It crystallizes with five molecules of water as large blue triclinic prisms.

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