Pinacoid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pinacoid is a noun meaning (crystallography) The face of a crystal parallel to two of the axes.
Meaning
(crystallography) The face of a crystal parallel to two of the axes.
Example Sentences
The crystallographic symmetry is initially broken toward dilation symmetry by the splitting of the basal pinacoid or the pseudohexagonal bipyramidal faces of the growing crystal core.
Word Forms
- pinacoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brachy, pinakoid, brachypinacoid, orthopinacoid, macropinacoid, clinopinacoid.
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