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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Monoclinic

/mänˌ-ək-lĭn'-ĭk/ · Mon·o·clin·ic · IPA /mˌɑnəklˈɪnɪk/
01 a. Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angl…
  1. 1.
    Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.(Crystallog.) See: Crystallization