Tri-clin'ic, a.

a. [From Gr. τρι, τρίς, thrice, and κλίνειν, to incline.] (Crystallog.) Pertaining to the inclination of three intersecting axes to each other; having three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles.

Triclinic system, the system of crystallization in which the three axes of the crystals are unequal, and intersect at oblique angles. See CRYSTALLIZATION.