单词 | morphological axis |
释义 | > as lemmasmorphological axis morphological axis n. (a) Crystallography (now rare, perhaps Obsolete), the axis of rotational symmetry of a crystal system; the line of intersection of two planes of symmetry of a crystal system; (b) (more generally) a line representing an axis of symmetry, or the longest linear dimension, in the shape of an object. ΚΠ 1878 H. P. Gurney Crystallogr. 38 The axis of hexagonal symmetry in the Rhombohedral System and the axis of tetragonal symmetry in the Pyramidal System are called morphological axes. 1895 N. Story-Maskelyne Crystallogr. 128 Where two or more planes of symmetry lying in a zone are conformable, their zone-axis will be termed a morphological axis or axis of form for the system. 1918 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 217 209 This direction is normal to the basal plane c, {001}, towards the vertical morphological axis c. 1945 Proc. Royal Soc. 1944–5 B. 132 412 However much the bristle is contorted the course of the ridges is related to the morphological axis. 1964 New Phytologist 63 26 Susceptibility to colchicine along the morphological axis is highest at the apical region of a protonema and lowest at the basal region. 1996 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 263 135/2 The c crystallographic axis forms a constant angle of about 65° with the direction of the spicule morphological axis. < as lemmas |
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