PERICLINE


Meaning of PERICLINE in English

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

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