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monoclinic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: chemistry, crystallography, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • monoclinic system

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: triclinic

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor. Late Latin clīnicus French cliniquebor. English clinic English monoclinic From mono- + clinic.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 单斜 (dānxié) — having three unequal axes
  • Finnish: monokliininen — having three unequal axes
  • French: monoclinique — having three unequal axes
  • Hungarian: monoklin — having three unequal axes
  • Irish: aonchlaonasach — having three unequal axes
  • Kazakh: моноклинді (monoklindı) — having three unequal axes
  • Spanish: monoclínico — having three unequal axes