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hemitrope

hemitrope adjective: half turned round; half inverted; (crystallography) having a twinned structure.

Adjective

hemitrope (not comparable)

  1. Half turned round; half inverted; (crystallography) having a twinned structure.

Noun

hemitrope (plural hemitropes)

  1. A twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.

Forms of hemitrope

pluralhemitropes

Origin of hemitrope

From hemi- + -trope.

Questions about hemitrope

What does hemitrope mean?
Hemitrope means half turned round; half inverted; (crystallography) having a twinned structure.
What part of speech is hemitrope?
Hemitrope can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hemitrope in the dictionary

  1. hemitriglyph
  2. hemitriglyphs
  3. hemitripterid
  4. hemitripterids
  5. hemitropal
  6. hemitrope
  7. hemitropes
  8. hemitropic
  9. hemitropism
  10. hemitropous
  11. hemitropy

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