How do you use Orthorhombic in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Orthorhombic in a sentence
Orthorhombic meaning
Having three unequal axes at right angles.
Using Orthorhombic
- The main meaning on this page is: Having three unequal axes at right angles.
- In the example corpus, orthorhombic often appears in combinations such as: an orthorhombic, the orthorhombic, orthorhombic crystal.
Context around Orthorhombic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Orthorhombic
- In this selection, "orthorhombic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, centered, characteristic, triclinic, crystal, symmetry and structure stand out and add context to how "orthorhombic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a characteristic orthorhombic elongated crystal and are both orthorhombic and belong. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "orthorhombic" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with orthorhombic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At 75 GPa it changes to a face centered orthorhombic structure. (11 words)
Another phase of this oxide with orthorhombic symmetry has also been reported. (12 words)
Upon heating to nearly melting point, BkCl 3 converts into an orthorhombic phase. (13 words)
Prehnite crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system, and most oftens forms as stalactitic or botryoidal aggregates, with only just the crests of small crystals showing any faces, which are almost always curved or composite. (34 words)
The action of piezoelectricity in Topaz can probably be attributed to ordering of the (F,OH) in its lattice, which is otherwise centrosymmetric: orthorhombic bipyramidal (mmm). (26 words)
Dyar and Gunter, p. 22–23 Crystal structure and habit main seeAlso Topaz has a characteristic orthorhombic elongated crystal shape. (20 words)
Example sentences (13)
AmSi is a black solid isomorphic with LaSi, it has an orthorhombic crystal symmetry.
Another phase of this oxide with orthorhombic symmetry has also been reported.
At 75 GPa it changes to a face centered orthorhombic structure.
Dyar and Gunter, p. 22–23 Crystal structure and habit main seeAlso Topaz has a characteristic orthorhombic elongated crystal shape.
For triclinic, orthorhombic, and cubic crystal systems the axis designation is arbitrary and there is no principal axis.
Kyanite is triclinic, while andalusite and sillimanite are both orthorhombic and belong to the dipyramidal point group.
Prehnite crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system, and most oftens forms as stalactitic or botryoidal aggregates, with only just the crests of small crystals showing any faces, which are almost always curved or composite.
The action of piezoelectricity in Topaz can probably be attributed to ordering of the (F,OH) in its lattice, which is otherwise centrosymmetric: orthorhombic bipyramidal (mmm).
The bromide is an exception with the orthorhombic PuBr 3 -type structure and space group Cmcm.
Topaz crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, and its crystals are mostly prismatic terminated by pyramidal and other faces.
Upon further compression to 23 GPa, americium transforms to an orthorhombic γ-Am structure similar to that of α-uranium.
Upon heating to nearly melting point, BkCl 3 converts into an orthorhombic phase.
Uranium metal has three allotropic forms: citation * α ( orthorhombic ) stable up to 668 °C.
Common combinations with orthorhombic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an orthorhombic 3×
- the orthorhombic 3×
- orthorhombic crystal 2×
- orthorhombic and 2×