🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

triclínico

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /tɾiˈkli.ni.ku/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Triclinic/traɪˈklɪn.ɪk/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O sistema cristalino triclínico tem três eixos desiguais."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to a crystal system having three axes of unequal length intersecting at oblique angles.

    "Feldspar minerals often crystallize in the triclinic system."
  2. 2

    Characterized by three angles that are all different from 90 degrees.

    "The unit cell of the mineral turquoise has a triclinic geometry."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek words 'tri-' (three) and 'klīnein' (to lean or slope), combined with the adjectival suffix '-ic'. The term was coined in crystallography during the 19th century to describe crystal systems characterized by three axes of unequal length intersecting at oblique angles.

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