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Record 1 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

One of the six crystal systems, characterized by four threefold aces of symmetry as body diagonals in a cubic unit cell of the lattice.

OBS

It comprises five crystal classes or point groups.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
OBS

Le cinquième système [...] possède fondamentalement 3 axes orthogonaux entre eux, mais ici tous d'ordre 4. En plus, nous trouverons 6 axes d'ordre 2 qui sont situés deux par deux et perpendiculaires entre eux : ils seront placés à 45° des axes d'ordre 4. En plus se définissent des axes d'ordre 3 [...] Tous les axes sont concourants en un centre de symétrie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

[Sistema cristalino que] tiene tres ejes que unen el centro de las caras opuestas y que forman entre sí ángulos de 90°[,] otros 4 ejes unen los vértices opuestos [y] 6 ejes unen el punto medio de las aristas opuestas.

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