orthotomous

English

Etymology

From orthotomy +‎ -ous or ortho- +‎ -tomous.

Adjective

orthotomous (comparative more orthotomous, superlative most orthotomous)

(crystallography) Having two cleavages at right angles with one another.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “orthotomous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)