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hemitrope
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hemitrope, a. [Hemi- + Gr. to turn: cf. F. hémitrope.].
Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure. [1913 Webster]
hemitrope, n.
That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure. [1913 Webster]
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