pericline
noun
peri·cline
\ˈperəˌklīn\
Definition of pericline
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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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Origin and Etymology of pericline
Greek periklinēs, adjective, sloping on all sides
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