monoclinic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection
    • monoclinic system

WordNet

Mon`o*clin"ic adjective
Etymology
Mono- + Gr. to incline.
Definitions
  1. (Crystallog.) Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.

Webster 1913