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orthorhombic

[ôr′t̸hō räm′bik]

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adjective

designating or of a crystal system having three axes of unequal length, each of which intersects at right angles with the others

Origin of orthorhombic

ortho- + rhombic

orthorhombic

adjective

Of or relating to a crystalline structure of three mutually perpendicular axes of different length.

orthorhombic

Adjective

(not comparable)

(crystallography) having three unequal axes at right angles

Origin

ortho- +â€Ž rhombic

Derived as a short form of the word pseudoorthorhombic .

A simple orthorhombic shape

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The unit cell of a body-centred orthorhombic crystal is shown.
An orthorhombic unit cell is shown opposite in both its real and reciprocal space representations.
Regarding the crystal symmetry, prehnite has an orthorhombic crystal structure with an mm2 point group.
The crystal structure of orthorhombic black phosphorus is shown below.
A dimer in a monoclinic space group with non-crystallographic symmetry that closely approximates orthorhombic crystallographic symmetry might exhibit this behavior.

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