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Definition of Anisometric
1. Adjective. Having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements.
Definition of Anisometric
1. a. Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes.
Definition of Anisometric
1. Adjective. Not isometric or symmetrical. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anisometric
Literary usage of Anisometric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, William Ebenezer Ford (1922)
"C. anisometric class, embracing the crystals of the orthorhombic, mono- clinic,
... Crystals of the third or anisometric class have more complex optical ..."
2. Text-book of Systematic Mineralogy by Hilary Bauerman (1881)
"... giving the anisometric projection. Of these methods the first is not suited
for representing crystals, as the distortion of the faces is too great, ..."
3. A System of Mineralogy: Including an Extended Treatise on Crystallography by James Dwight Dana (1837)
"The axes which connect the centres of the faces, form three oblique intersections.
* Rhombic System and anisometric Systfm of Naumann ; Prismatic of Mohs; ..."
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