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)