Meanings
adjectivemonoclinic (not comparable)
- not comparablechemistryHaving three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
- Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
- Englishmono-
- Ancient Greekκλῑ́νη (klī́nē)
- Ancient Greekκλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)
- Late Latinclīnicus
- Frenchclinique
- Englishclinic
- Englishmonoclinic
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 单斜
- 单斜 (dānxié)having three unequal axes
Finnish monokliininen
- monokliininenhaving three unequal axes
French monoclinique
- monocliniquehaving three unequal axes
Hungarian monoklin
- monoklinhaving three unequal axes
Irish aonchlaonasach
- aonchlaonasachhaving three unequal axes
Polish jednoskośny
- jednoskośnyhaving three unequal axes
Spanish monoclínico
- monoclínicohaving three unequal axes
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with monoclinic
cliniccynicnicotinicrabbinicmuscarinicactinicMinnickvitaminicbaroclinicsuccinicpolyclinichomoclinicaminolevulinicacetylneuraminicantihistaminicolefinicheteroclinictriclinicapurinicapyrimidinicparaffinicFinnicabietinicachromatinic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
monoclinic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monoclinic
MLA
“monoclinic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monoclinic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monoclinic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monoclinic.
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