"peritomous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more peritomous [comparative], most peritomous [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“cut off all around”). See peri- and -tome. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|||cut off all around}} Ancient Greek [Term?] (“cut off all around”), {{af|en|peri-}} peri- Head templates: {{en-adj}} peritomous (comparative more peritomous, superlative most peritomous)
  1. (mineralogy) Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar. Categories (topical): Mineralogy

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