pseudocubic
Crystallography
adjective
Apparently cubic in morphology or crystal structure but not actually so; specifically designating a composite crystal in which the crystal structure simulates the symmetry of a single crystal of the cubic system but actually has lower symmetry.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Nevil Story-Maskelyne (1823–1911), mineralogist. After French pseudocubique.
- capital–labor
- capital–labour
- capital–output ratio
- capitana
- capitanate
- Capitan China
- capitano
- Capitan Pasha
- capitao
- capitao mor
- capitate
- capitate bone
- capitation
- capitation allowance
- capitation fee
- capitation grant
- capitation payment
- capitation tax
- capitative
- capitellate
- capitellid
- capitellum
- capito
- Capitol
- Capitol Hill