anorthic

• Veraltetes Adjektiv aus der Kristallographie, das ein Kristallsystem mit drei ungleichen Achsen bezeichnet, von denen keine im rechten Winkel zueinander steht; heute wird dafür der Begriff 'triklin' verwendet.

An obsolete adjective used in crystallography to describe a crystal system with three unequal axes, none of which intersect at right angles; now replaced by the term 'triclinic'.

1. Crystallographic termC2formalscientific

   Describing a crystal system with three unequal axes that intersect at oblique angles, also known as the triclinic system.

   Triklin

   • The mineral feldspar often exhibits anorthic crystal structure.
   • Geologists identified the sample as anorthic due to its oblique angles.
   • Anorthic crystals are the least symmetrical of all crystal systems.

   Synonymetriclinic