crystal system

crys·tal sys·tem

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noun crystal system any of six, or sometimes seven, classifications of crystals depending on their symmetry. The classes are cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. Sometimes an additional system, trigonal, is distinguished, although this is usually included in the hexagonal system 3
noun crystal system any of the seven groups (cubic, hexagonal, rhombohedral, tetragonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic) of crystals classified on the basis of the relationships of their crystallographic axes (imaginary lines of reference used to describe the crystal planes) 3
noun crystal system any of the six main classifications of crystals and of crystal lattices according to their symmetry: isometric, hexagonal, tetragonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. 1
noun crystal system (crystallography) Any of the seven distinct symmetry classifications of crystals :- cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, triclinic and trigonal. 0

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