hemidome

noun

hemi·​dome

1

: a pinacoid parallel to the orthoaxis and cutting the vertical axes and clinoaxes in a crystal

2

: a dome that has only two like faces (as an orthodome of a monoclinic crystal)

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary hemi- entry 1 + dome

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