anorthic

1. 1.

   having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles

   “triclinic system”

   Synonymstriclinic

   crystallography

Questions about anorthic

What does anorthic mean?

anorthic means "having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles".

How many syllables are in anorthic?

anorthic has 3 syllables: a-nor-thic. The stress falls on "nor".

What is another word for anorthic?

Close synonyms include triclinic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anorthic a common word?

anorthic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.