different between monoclinic vs piemontite

English

Etymology

mono- +? clinic

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo?no?cli?nic

Adjective

monoclinic (not comparable)

1. (crystallography) Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.

Translations

See also

• triclinic
• orthorhombic
• hexagonal
• rhombohedral
• tetragonal
• cubic

Romanian

Etymology

From French monoclinique

Adjective

monoclinic m or n (feminine singular monoclinic?, masculine plural monoclinici, feminine and neuter plural monoclinice)

1. monoclinic

Declension

English

Etymology

Piemonte (“Piedmont”) +? -ite

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pi?m?nta?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pim?nta?t/

Noun

piemontite (usually uncountable, plural piemontites)

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic sorosilicate mineral of the epidote group, reddish in colour.

Synonyms

• piedmontite

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Piemontite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “piemontite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Italian

Etymology

Piemonte (“Piedmont”) +? -ite

Noun

piemontite f (countable or uncountable, plural piemontiti)

1. (mineralogy) piemontite, piedmontite