orthorhombic

orthorhombic
/awr'theuh rom"bik/, adj. Crystall.
noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization characterized by three unequal axes intersecting at right angles; rhombic; trimetric.
[1865-70; ORTHO- + RHOMBIC]

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