hemitrope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Half turned round; half inverted; (crystallography) having a twinned structure.
noun
  1. A twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.

Word forms

hemitrope hemitropes

Etymology

From hemi- + -trope.

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