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Webster 1913 Edition
Orthoclastic
Orˊtho-clas′tic
,Adj.
(Crystallog.)
Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; – said of the monoclinic feldspars.
Definition 2024
orthoclastic
orthoclastic
English
Adjective
orthoclastic (comparative more orthoclastic, superlative most orthoclastic)
- (crystallography) Having cleavage planes at right angles; as in orthoclase.