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ASYMMETRIC SYSTEM [2 records]

Record 1 2016-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

One of the six crystal systems, characterized by a onefold axis of symmetry, and having three axes whose lengths and angles of intersection are unconstrained.

OBS

asymmetric: said of crystals ... of the triclinic system, which have no symmetry elements ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

L'un des sept systèmes cristallins, dans lequel la maille primitive est un parallélépipède à base losange.

CONT

Le système triclinique. Le solide fondamental est un prisme oblique à base parallélogramme. Les trois axes fondamentaux du cristal correspondant font un angle quelconque entre eux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

[Sistema cristalino que consta de un] prisma oblicuo cuya base es un paralelogramo.

OBS

Carece de ejes y de planos de simetría.

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Record 2 1995-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Video Technology
DEF

A video storage and display system that requires more devices and processing to compress and store than to play back an image.

OBS

DVI and CD-I platforms are examples of asymmetric systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Vidéotechnique

Spanish

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