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triclinic

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

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having three unequal axes all intersecting at oblique angles.

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 intersecting at oblique angles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • triclinic system

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anorthic

Antonyms: monoclinic

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English -clinic English triclinic From tri- + -clinic.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 三斜 (sānxié) — having three unequal axes all intersecting at oblique angles
  • Finnish: trikliininen — having three unequal axes all intersecting at oblique angles
  • French: triclinique — having three unequal axes all intersecting at oblique angles
  • Galician: triclínico — having three unequal axes all intersecting at oblique angles
  • Hungarian: triklin — having three unequal axes all intersecting at oblique angles
  • Italian: triclinico — having three unequal axes all intersecting at oblique angles
  • Kazakh: триклинді (triklindı) — having three unequal axes all intersecting at oblique angles
  • Portuguese: triclínico — having three unequal axes all intersecting at oblique angles