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noun
One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, crystallography, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh2ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh2ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English pinacoid English macropinacoid From macro- + pinacoid.
