Monoclinic: alternatives and connections

The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped t…

Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.

A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…

To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.

A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.

A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the jo…

That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis. See Crystallization.

Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes; as, the clinometric systems.

The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes.

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angl…

Having two of the intersections between the three axes oblique. See Crystallization.

The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piec…

An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of…

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's…

Noting, or conforming to, that system of crystallization in which the three axes are of equal length and at right angles to each other…

slanting or inclined in direction or course or position — neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of th…