crystal system

English

Noun

crystal system (plural crystal systems)

1. (crystallography) Any of the seven distinct symmetry classifications of crystals: cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, triclinic and trigonal.
   • 1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life:

     The crystal system to which a particular molecule belongs can make a considerable difference to how easy it is to solve.

Translations

symmetry classification

• Bashkir: сингония (singoniya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晶系 (zh) (jīngxì)

• Finnish: kidejärjestelmä
• French: système cristallin (fr) m
• German: Kristallsystem n
• Indonesian: keluarga kristal
• Italian: sistema cristallino m
• Japanese: 結晶系 (けっしょうけい, kesshōkei)
• Kazakh: сингония (siñoniä)
• Korean: 결정계(結晶系) (gyeoljeonggye)
• Kyrgyz: сингония (singoniya)
• Latin: systema crystallinus m
• Persian: دستگاه بلوری
• Russian: сингони́я (ru) f (singoníja)
• Spanish: sistema cristalino m
• Vietnamese: hệ tinh thể (系晶體), hệ ô mạng