pericline

noun peri·cline \ ˈperəˌklīn \

Definition of pericline

plural -s

1 : a variety of albite occurring in white opaque crystals elongated in the direction of the macro-axis and often twinned with this axis as twinning axis

2 : one of the layers making up a periclinal chimera

3 : a periclinal cell wall

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