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Monoclinic vs Clinopinacoid - What's the difference?

monoclinic | clinopinacoid |

In crystallography|lang=en terms the difference between monoclinic and clinopinacoid

is that monoclinic is (crystallography) having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections while clinopinacoid is (crystallography) the plane in monoclinic crystals that is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes.

As an adjective monoclinic

is (crystallography) having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.

As a noun clinopinacoid is

(crystallography) the plane in monoclinic crystals that is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes.

monoclinic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (crystallography) Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.

    • See also

    * triclinic * orthorhombic * hexagonal * rhombohedral * tetragonal * cubic

    clinopinacoid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (crystallography) The plane in monoclinic crystals that is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes.
    • (Webster 1913)