What does "hemitrope" mean?
Hemitrope: Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.
Additional senses
- 2.That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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