holosymmetry Cryst.
(hɒləʊˈsɪmɪtrɪ)
[f. holo- + symmetry.]
Same as holohedrism; opp. to merosymmetry. So holosyˈmmetric, holosyˈmme trical adjs. = holohedral.
| 1895 Story-Maskelyne Crystallogr. §137 A holo-symmetrical form in any system will be the term applied to a form in which all the faces required to complete the symmetry of the system are present, and are physically as well as geometrically similar. Ibid. §140 Holo-symmetry, where a form is at once holo-systematic and diplohedral. Ibid. §267 The holo-symmetrical type of the Hexagonal system. |