octahedral cleavage — noun : cleavage of minerals parallel to the octahedral faces … Useful english dictionary
Cleavage — Cleav age, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. [1913 Webster] 2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Octahedral — Oc ta*he dral, a. [See {Octahedron}.] Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in, octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage; an octahedral crystal. [1913 Webster] {Octahedral borax} (Chem.), borax obtained from a saturated solution… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Octahedral borax — Octahedral Oc ta*he dral, a. [See {Octahedron}.] Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in, octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage; an octahedral crystal. [1913 Webster] {Octahedral borax} (Chem.), borax obtained from a saturated … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Octahedral iron ore — Octahedral Oc ta*he dral, a. [See {Octahedron}.] Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in, octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage; an octahedral crystal. [1913 Webster] {Octahedral borax} (Chem.), borax obtained from a saturated … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cleavage (crystal) — Green fluorite with prominent cleavage. Cleavage, in mineralogy, is the tendency of crystalline materials to split along definite crystallographic structural planes. These planes of relative weakness are a result of the regular locations of atoms … Wikipedia
Basal cleavage — Cleavage Cleav age, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. [1913 Webster] 2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cell cleavage — Cleavage Cleav age, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. [1913 Webster] 2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cubic cleavage — Cleavage Cleav age, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. [1913 Webster] 2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Diagonal cleavage — Cleavage Cleav age, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. [1913 Webster] 2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English