Definition of monoclinic in English:
monoclinic
adjective mɒnə(ʊ)ˈklɪnɪkˌmɑnəˈklɪnɪk
Of or denoting a crystal system or three-dimensional geometrical arrangement having three unequal axes of which one is at right angles to the other two.
Example sentencesExamples
- Only 7% of the analysed specimens contain monoclinic pyrrhotite, which can contribute to the total remanent magnetization of the rocks.
- Minute, monoclinic acanthite crystals on lead-hillite and silver are reported from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Pinal County.
- Scolecite is monoclinic and typically occurs as slender prismatic crystals with a squarish cross section.
- All crystals display anomalous birefringence when viewed down the c-axis, indicating that they have lower than hexagonal symmetry - probably monoclinic or triclinic.
- It is pale pink and has physical, optical, and crystallographic properties similar to those of the other monoclinic members of the amphibole group.
Definition of monoclinic in US English:
monoclinic
adjectiveˌmɑnəˈklɪnɪkˌmänəˈklinik
Of or denoting a crystal system or three-dimensional geometric arrangement having three unequal axes of which one is at right angles to the other two.
Example sentencesExamples
- All crystals display anomalous birefringence when viewed down the c-axis, indicating that they have lower than hexagonal symmetry - probably monoclinic or triclinic.
- Only 7% of the analysed specimens contain monoclinic pyrrhotite, which can contribute to the total remanent magnetization of the rocks.
- Scolecite is monoclinic and typically occurs as slender prismatic crystals with a squarish cross section.
- It is pale pink and has physical, optical, and crystallographic properties similar to those of the other monoclinic members of the amphibole group.
- Minute, monoclinic acanthite crystals on lead-hillite and silver are reported from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Pinal County.