| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HEMIMORPHIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Hemimorphic \Hem`i*mor"phic\, adjective. [Hemi- Greek expression form.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HEMIMORPHIC
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| Mining | In crystallography, having no transverse plane of symmetry and no center of symmetry, and composed of forms belonging to only one end of the axis of symmetry. (references) | ||
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