merosymmetry Cryst.
(mɛrəʊˈsɪmɪtrɪ)
[f. mero-1 + symmetry.]
The condition or quality of being merohedral. So merosyˈmmetrical a. = merohedral.
| 1875 Chem. News 19 Mar. 121 Such partially developed forms Mr. Maskelyne designated as mero-symmetrical forms. Ibid., The varieties of mero-symmetry that a crystal may present. 1878 Gurney Crystallogr. 55. 1895 Story-Maskelyne Crystallogr. §137 Mero-symmetrical forms may be hemi-symmetrical. |