monoclinic

1. 1.

   having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection

   “monoclinic system”

   Antonymstriclinic

   crystallography

Questions about monoclinic

What does monoclinic mean?

monoclinic means "having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection".

How many syllables are in monoclinic?

monoclinic has 4 syllables: mo-no-clin-ic. The stress falls on "clin". In IPA it is /ˌmɑnəˈklɪnɪk/.

What is the opposite of monoclinic?

The recorded antonyms are triclinic.

Is monoclinic a common word?

monoclinic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with monoclinic?