- orthopinacoid
- \\|ȯ(r)thə+\ noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary orth- + pinacoid: a pinacoid whose planes are parallel to the ortho and vertical axes in a monoclinic crystal
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orthopinacoid
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Orthopinacoid — Or tho*pin a*coid, n. [Ortho + pinacoid.] (Crystallog.) A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system which are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
orthopinacoid — or·tho·pinacoid … English syllables
