n. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. diagonal. ] (Crystallog.) That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis. See Crystallization. -- a. Pertaining to, or the direction of, the clinodiagonal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + -graph. ] Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + -meter. ] (Geol.) An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. pinacoid. ] (Crystallog.) The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. rhombic: cf. F. clinorhombique. ] (Crystallog.) Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a rhombic base; monoclinic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; to incline + &unr_; to make to stand. ] (Bot.) An apparatus consisting of a slowly revolving disk, usually regulated by clockwork, by means of wich the action of external agents, as light and gravity, on growing plants may be regulated or eliminated. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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