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Webster 1913 Edition

Hemitrope

Hem′i-trope

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Adj.
[
Hemi-
+ Gr. [GREEK] to turn: cf. F.
hémitrope
.]
Half turned round; half inverted;
(Crystallog.)
having a twinned structure.

Hem′i-trope

,
Noun.
That which is hemitropal in construction;
(Crystallog.)
a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hemitrope

HEM'ITROPE

,
Adj.
[Gr. half, and to turn.] Half-turned; a hemitrope crystal is one in which one segment is turned through half the circumference of a circle. The word is used also as a noun.

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