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symmorphic

symmorphic adjective: describing a space group in which all symmetry operations (apart from translation) leave one common point in a fixed location.

Adjective

symmorphic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a space group in which all symmetry operations (apart from translation) leave one common point in a fixed location

Words formed from symmorphic

Questions about symmorphic

What does symmorphic mean?
Symmorphic means describing a space group in which all symmetry operations (apart from translation) leave one common point in a fixed location.
What part of speech is symmorphic?
Symmorphic is an adjective.

Words near symmorphic in the dictionary

  1. symmoriid
  2. symmoriids
  3. symmoriiform
  4. symmoriiforms
  5. symmorph
  6. symmorphic
  7. symmorphs
  8. symmorphy
  9. Symonds
  10. Symonds Yat
  11. Symone

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