PINACOID

Etymology

Noun

pinacoid (plural pinacoids)

(crystallography) The face of a crystal parallel to two of the axes.

Anagrams

• caponiid, diapnoic, panicoid

Source: Wiktionary


Pin"a*coid, n. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Crystallog.)

Definition: A plane parallel to two of the crystalline axes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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