rotation-inversion axis

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(rō tā′shən in vûr′zhən, -shən)


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ro•ta′tion-in•ver′sion ax′is  (rō tā′shən in vûr′zhən, -shən),USA pronunciation [Crystall.]
  1. Crystallographyan axis of a crystal such that rotating about the axis and then inverting the crystal brings the crystal back to its original position. Also called symmetry axis of rotary inversion. Cf. symmetry element. 

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symmetry axis of rotary inversion - symmetry element

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