Triclinic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Triclinic \Tri*clin"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? to incline.]
     (Crystallog.)
     Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting
     at oblique angles. See the Note under {crystallization}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  triclinic
       adj : having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique
             angles; "triclinic system" [syn: {anorthic}] [ant: {monoclinic}]