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orthorhombic
[ awr-thuh-rom-bik ]
adjective
, Crystallography.
- noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization characterized by three unequal axes intersecting at right angles; rhombic; trimetric.
orthorhombic
/ ˌɔːθəʊˈrɒmbɪk /
adjective
- crystallog relating to the crystal system characterized by three mutually perpendicular unequal axes Alsorhombictrimetric
orthorhombic
/ ôr′thō-rŏm′bĭk /
- Relating to a crystal having three axes of different lengths intersecting at right angles. The mineral topaz has orthorhombic crystals.
- See illustration at crystal
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- pseudo·ortho·rhombic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of orthorhombic1
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Example Sentences
Though closely resembling the tetragonal torbernite in form, it crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and is optically biaxial.
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It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and is isomorphous with stibnite (Sb2S3), which it closely resembles in appearance.
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A sulphate of barium crystallizing in orthorhombic prisms usually of tabular habit.
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Crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, usually in tabular form, but crystals not common.
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Orthorhombic crystals common, usually prisms capped at one end by pyramided faces and abruptly terminated at the other.
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