Relating to or characterized by hemihedral crystal formation or structure.
Alternative or variant form of 'hemihedral,' formed with the Greek-derived suffix '-ic' instead of '-al,' both becoming standard in 19th-century crystallography.
Scientists often create multiple word forms to describe the same phenomenon—'hemihedral' and 'hemihedric' both describe the same crystal property, showing how technical languages evolve with different acceptable variations.
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