polysymmetry
/ˌpɒlɪˈsɪmɪtri/rare
noun
1 Botany. The condition of being polysymmetrical.
2 Crystallography. The property of a mineral of exhibiting characteristics of two different symmetries.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Alfred Bennett (1833–1902), botanist and publisher. From poly- + symmetry, after German Polysymmetrie (J. Sachs Lehrb. der Bot. (ed. 3, 1873) III. iii. 90, in sense 1; P. Groth Einleitung in die chemical Krystallogr. 4, in sense 2).