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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Monoclinic  \Mon`o*clin"ic\,  a.  [Mono-  +  Gr  ?  to  incline.] 
  (Crystallog.) 
  Having  one  oblique  intersection;  --  said  of  that  system  of 
  crystallization  in  which  the  vertical  axis  is  inclined  to 
  one  but  at  right  angles  to  the  other  lateral  axis.  See 
  {Crystallization}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  monoclinic 
  adj  :  (crystallography)  having  three  unequal  crystal  axes  with  one 
  oblique  intersection;  "monoclinic  system"  [ant:  {triclinic}] 




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