HEMITROPE

Etymology

Adjective

hemitrope (not comparable)

Half turned round; half inverted; (crystallography) having a twinned structure.

Noun

hemitrope (plural hemitropes)

(crystallography) A twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.

Source: Wiktionary


Hem"i*trope, a. Etym: [Hemi- + Gr. hémitrope.]

Definition: Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.

Hem"i*trope, n.

Definition: That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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