"monoclinic" meaning in English

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Adjective

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  1. (crystallography) Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: monoclinicity Related terms: triclinic, orthorhombic, hexagonal, rhombohedral, tetragonal, cubic Translations (having three unequal axes): 单斜 (dānxié) (Chinese Mandarin), monokliininen (Finnish), monoclinique (French), monoklin (Hungarian), aonchlaonasach (Irish), моноклинді (monokliyndi) (Kazakh), jednoskośny (Polish), monoclínico (Spanish)
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