hemitrope

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hemitrope - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hemitrope \Hem"i*trope\, a. [Hemi- + Gr. ? to turn: cf. F.
     h['e]mitrope.]
     Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a
     twinned structure.
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  Hemitrope \Hem"i*trope\, n.
     That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a
     twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.
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