MACROPINACOIDS

Noun

macropinacoids

plural of macropinacoid

Source: Wiktionary


MACROPINACOID

Mac`ro*pin"a*coid, n. Etym: [Macro- + pinacoid.] (Crystallog.)

Definition: One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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