anorthic

adjective

an·​or·​thic

(ˈ)a¦nȯrthik,

ə¦n-

mineralogy

: having unequal oblique axes : triclinic

Word History

Etymology

an- + orth- + -ic

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

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