Clī'no-dī-ăg'o-nal1, a.
a. [Gr. κλίνειν, to incline, and diagonal, q. v.] (Crystallog.) Pertaining to the clinodiagonal; in the direction of the clinodiagonal. Dana.
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Clinodiagonal
Clī'no-dī-ăg'o-nal2, n.
n. (Crystallog.) That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis. See CRYSTALLIZATION.