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Terms vs Hemitrope - What's the difference?

terms | hemitrope |

As nouns the difference between terms and hemitrope

is that terms is while hemitrope is (crystallography) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.

As an adjective hemitrope is

half turned round; half inverted; (crystallography) having a twinned structure.

terms

English

Noun

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    hemitrope

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Half turned round; half inverted; (crystallography) having a twinned structure.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (crystallography) A twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.
    • (Webster 1913)