triclinic

(trī klinik)

adjective

designating or of a crystal system having three axes of unequal length, none of which intersects at right angles with another

Origin: < tri- + Gr klinein, to incline (see lean) + -ic

See triclinic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Having three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. Used of certain crystals.

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