pericline

noun

peri·​cline

ˈperəˌklīn

plural -s

1

: a variety of albite occurring in white opaque crystals elongated in the direction of the macro-axis and often twinned with this axis as twinning axis

2

: one of the layers making up a periclinal chimera

3

: a periclinal cell wall

Word History

Etymology

Greek periklinēs, adjective, sloping on all sides

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