Meaning & use
Monoclinic
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Describing a crystal system with three unequal axes, two of which meet at a right angle while the third meets them obliquely.
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Gypsum crystallizes in the monoclinic system.
The mineral sample was identified as monoclinic under the microscope's crossed polarizers.
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Monoclinic is one of the seven basic crystal systems used in mineralogy and crystallography.
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