ˈperəˌklīn noun
( -s )
Etymology: Greek periklinēs, adjective, sloping on all sides
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