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RHOMBIC SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A crystal system characterized by three unequal axes at right angles.

PHR

To crystallize in the orthorhombic system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

[...] système cristallin caractérisé par trois axes binaires perpendiculaires deux à deux, un centre et trois plans de symétrie [...]

OBS

Le troisième système cristallin possédera 3 axes d'ordre pair qui se recoupent à angle droit en un centre de symétrie. Le solide primitif qui le symbolise sera un prisme droit à base rhombe.

PHR

Cristalliser dans le système orthorhombique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

[Sistema cristalino que] consta de un prisma recto cuya base es un rombo[,] tiene tres ejes rectangulares, un centro y tres planos de simetría.

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