Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Asymmetric at the axial ends. Used of a crystal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having, as a crystal, the two ends of the same axis modified with unlike planes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Crystallog.) Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective crystallography Having the two ends (of an
axis ) modified with unlikeplanes .
Etymologies
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hemi- + -morphic
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