clinodiagonal

English edit

Etymology edit

From clino- +‎ diagonal.

Noun edit

clinodiagonal (plural clinodiagonals)

(crystallography) That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis.

Adjective edit

clinodiagonal (not comparable)

Pertaining to, or in the direction of, such a diagonal.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “clinodiagonal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)