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Monoclinic vs Orthodiagonal - What's the difference?

monoclinic | orthodiagonal |

In crystallography terms the difference between monoclinic and orthodiagonal

is that monoclinic is having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections while orthodiagonal is the diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is at right angles with the vertical axis.

As an adjective monoclinic

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

As a noun orthodiagonal is

the diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is at right angles with the vertical axis.

monoclinic

English

Adjective

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

    • See also

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

    orthodiagonal

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (crystallography) The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is at right angles with the vertical axis.
    • (Webster 1913)