anorthic

How To Use anorthic In A Sentence

• In the sixth and last system, the triclinic -- or anorthic, or asymmetric -- the axes are again three, but in this case, none of them are equal and none at right angles. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones
• The mineral was named (from [Greek: axinê], an axe) by R.J. Haüy in 1799, on account of the characteristic thin wedge-like form of its anorthic crystals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"