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orthorhombic (dict)
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OrthorhombicIn crystallography, the orthorhombic crystal system is one of the 7 lattice point groups. Orthorhombic lattices result from stretching a cubic lattice along two of its lattice vectors by two different factors, resulting in a rectangular prism with a rectangular base (a by b, which is different from a) and height (c, which is different from a and b). The three lattice vectors remain mutually orthogonal. There are four orthorhombic Bravais lattices: simple orthorhombic, base-centered orthorhombic, body-centered orthorhombic, and face-centered orthorhombic. simple orthorhombic> base-centered
orthorhombic | body-centered
orthorhombic | face-centered
orthorhombic | | Orthohombic, simple | | Orthohombic, base-centered | | Orthohombic, body-centered | | Orthohombic, face-centered | The point groups (or crystal classes) that fall under this crystal system are listed below, followed by their representations in international notation and Schoenflies notation, and mineral examples. name> | b>international | Schoenflies | example | | rthorhombic bipyramidal | | D2h | sulfur | | rthorhombic pyramidal | | C2v | | | rthorhombic sphenoidal | | D2 |
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