clino- Min.
(ˈklaɪnəʊ)
Combining form of Gr. stem κλιν- in the sense of ‘sloping, inclining’ (cf. κλῑ́ν-η bed, κλῑ́ν-ειν to slope, slant, ἀκλινής unbent); used in connexion with the monoclinic system of crystals, characterized by one plane of symmetry.
1. In names of minerals, as ˈclinochlore [Gr. χλωρ-ός green], a mineral resembling chlorite, but crystallizing on the monoclinic system; also a synonym for corundophilite. ˈclinoclase, also cliˈnoclasite [κλάσ-ις fracture, f. κλά-ειν to break], a monoclinic subtranslucent arsenate of copper. cliˈnocrocite [κρόκ-ος saffron], a yellow sulphate of alumina of uncertain composition. clinoˈedrite, a synonym of tetrahedrite. clinoˈhumite [see humite], a monoclinic species of humite. clinoˈphæite [Gr. ϕαιός dusky, dark], a hydrous sulphate of iron, potassium, and sodium, resulting from the decomposition of pyrites. (Dana.)
| 1851 Amer. Jrnl. Sc. Ser. ii. XII. 341, I propose..the name clinochlore, in allusion to the great obliquity between the optic axes, and its green color. 1863–72 Watts Dict. Chem. s.v. Clinochlore, The crystals of clinochlore are hemihedral, and have a micaceous structure. 1850 Dana Min. 700 Clinoclase. 1882 Ibid. App. iii. 28 Clinocrocite. 1879 ― Man. Min. 281 Clinohumite is monoclinic. 1882 ― Min. App. iii. 28 Clinophæite. |
2. In other words: as clinoˈbasic a. = clino-rhombic. clinodiˈagonal, (a) n. the inclined axis in the monoclinic system of crystals; (b) adj. pertaining to, or in the line of, this axis. clino-ˈhedric, ‘applied to forms of crystals in which the co-ordinate planes are not perpendicular among themselves’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). clinoˈpinacoid [Gr. πίναξ, πίνακ-ος a board], one of the three principal planes in the monoclinic system, running parallel to the vertical and inclined axes. clinoˈrhombic a., -ˈrhomboid, crystallizing in an oblique rhombic form, monoclinic.
| 1888 F. H. Hatch Gloss. Terms Rocks, Monoclinic..Synonyms, Clinobasic, Clinorhombic. 1879 Rutley Stud. Rocks x. 92 Cleavage parallel to the base and clinodiagonal. Ibid. 93 The sectional plane almost coincides with the clinopinakoid. 1858 Thudichum Urine 48 Chloride of Sodium crystallizes in clino-rhombic prisms of great lustre. |
3. Also prefixed to certain crystallographic forms when in the monoclinic system, as clino-dome, clino-prism, clino-pyramid.