(n.) A whitish mineral occurring in radiated or fibrous crystalline masses. It is a hydrous silicate of lime and soda.
Example Sentences:
(1) Within the inosilicate class, however, minerals of the pyroxenoid group (wollastonite, pectolite, and rhodonite) all significantly showed a two- to threefold increase in interferon production.
(2) Fibrous dusts (chrysotile, glass fibers, nemalite, palygorscite, and gypsum) and granular dusts (actinolite, biotite, hematite, pectolite, sanidine, and talcum) were injected intraperitoneally into rats.
Triclinic
Definition:
(a.) Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under crystallization.
Example Sentences:
(1) Comparison with earlier neutron studies on triclinic lysozyme showed that neither the molecular structure nor the thermal motions were affected significantly by the ethanol.
(2) Crystals of azimexon are triclinic, space group P1, with a = 6.342(2), b = 6.804(1), c = 13.106(2) A, alpha = 75.17(1), beta = 89.17(2), gamma = 83.26(2) degrees, V = 542.8 A3, Z = 2, D0 = 1.18 g cm-3 and Dc = 1.189 g cm-3.
(3) Pure monoclinic or triclinic calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals, apatite crystals or mixtures of these crystals were injected into the synovial-like space created by the rat air pouch to compare the acute inflammation induced by these crystals.
(4) It is suggested that distortion in the hexagonal lattice below the pretransition temperature previously reported by X-ray diffraction techniques may be responsible for interchain interactions which give rise to a Raman band observed only in the triclinic lattice of even-numbered n-alkanes.
(5) Methyl [4aS*-(4 alpha,4a beta,7 beta,13b beta,14a beta)]-7,8,13,13b,14,14a- hexahydro-4-methyl-5-oxo-4H-indolo-[2,3-a]pyrano[3,4-g]qu inolizine-7-carboxylate acetone solvate, C22H22N2O4.C3H6O, Mr = 424.50, triclinic, P1, a = 9.9955(13), b = 10.8523(14), c = 11.9352(14) A, alpha = 63.189(9), beta = 72.286(9), gamma = 72.901(10) degrees, V = 1081.8(2) A3, Z = 2, Dx = 1.30 g cm-3(198K), mu = 0.8554 cm-1, Mo K alpha radiation, lambda = 0.7107 A, F(000) = 452, T = 198 K, R = 0.0435 for 3842 reflections, FO greater than or equal to 4 sigma (FO).
(6) A large number of epitaxially dimensional matches between MSU and triclinic (t) and monoclinic (m) CPPD were identified, suggesting that MSU crystals can epitaxially induce CPPD crystal growth.
(7) The second form crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1, with unit cell dimensions a = 134.0 A, b = 144.7 A, c = 98.6 A, alpha = 90.30 degrees, beta = 97.1 degrees, gamma = 90.20 degrees, consistent with the presence of 10 to 12 molecules of the complex in the unit cell.
(8) (1) (2S,3R,4R,6R)-3,4-O-Carbonyl-7,7-dimethylenedithio-2,4,6-trimet hylnonane-1,3,4-triol, C15H26O4S2, M(r) = 334.49, triclinic, P1, a = 6.460 (2), b = 8.917 (3), c = 15.616 (5) A, alpha = 83.60 (3), beta = 83.41 (2), gamma = 89.52 (2) degrees, V = 888.0 (5) A3, Z = 2, Dx = 1.25 g cm-3, mu = 2.980 cm-1, lambda (Mo K alpha) = 0.7107 A, F(000) = 360, T = 298 K, R = 0.0465 for 1832 reflections [Fo greater than or equal to 4 sigma (Fo)].
(9) Oriented films of the sodium salt of heparin crystallize in a triclinic unit cell.
(10) N-(tert-Butylcarbonylglycylaminoethyl)-N-(ethyl)ammonium tetraphenylborate, C11H24N3O+2.C24H20B-, Mr = 549.57, triclinic, P-1, a = 11.567 (2), b = 11.922 (2), c = 14.484 (3) A, alpha = 70.99 (2), beta = 74.83 (2), gamma = 59.33 (1) degrees, V = 1613.1 A3, Z = 2, D chi = 1.13 g cm-3, lambda(Cu K alpha) = 1.5418 A, mu = 4.69 cm-1, mu Rmax much less than 1, F(000) = 592, T = 293 K, R = 0.058 for 3491 observed reflections.
(11) 4Li+.C14H4O8(4-).12H2O, M(r) = 544.18, triclinic, P1, a = 9.608 (2), b = 10.034 (2), c = 7.033 (1) A, alpha = 94.29 (1), beta = 96.95 (1), gamma = 64.52 (1) degree, V = 607.4 (2) A3, Z = 1, D chi = 1.49 g cm-3, lambda (Mo K alpha) = 0.71073 A, mu = 1.29 cm-1, T = 295 K, F(000) = 284, R = 0.039 for 2781 unique reflections having I greater than sigma I.
(12) [Rh2(C2H3O2)4(C11H16N5O4)2].H2O, Mr = 1024.6, triclinic, P1, a = 7.808 (3), b = 11.469 (4), c = 12.091 (2) A, alpha = 69.55 (2), beta = 79.46 (2), gamma = 76.61 (3) degrees, V = 980.7 (6) A3, Z = 1, Dx = 1.735 g cm-3, lambda (Cu K alpha) = 1.5418 A, mu = 77.6 cm-1, F(000) = 522, room temperature, R = 0.053 for 3638 unique reflections.
(13) The crystals are triclinic, space group P1, with two protein molecules in the unit cell; unit cell parameters are a = 55.8 A, b = 40.1 A, c = 33.7 A, alpha = 90.0 degrees, beta = 109.3 degrees, gamma = 93.2 degrees.
(14) Two related crystal forms have been obtained, one triclinic, and one tetragonal, both with one toxin molecule per asymmetric unit.
(15) Synthetic triclinic calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals were uniformly trace-labeled with Ytterbium-169 (169Yb), a pure gamma-emitting isotope with a halflife of 31 days.
(16) The presence of both ferrous and ferric ions resulted in the more rapid formation of the two crystals observed in vivo, triclinic CPPD and monoclinic CPPD.
(17) Cross-linked triclinic lysozyme was denatured with sodium dodecyl sulfate.
(18) Following dissolution of the triclinic crystals, the second crystal form also grew at 277 K but remained stable even at room temperature.
(19) One hundred and ten kinds of reciprocal lattice planes of the triclinic calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal were made from its crystallographical data.
(20) C18H16Cl3NO, Mr = 368.69, triclinic, P1-, a = 10.360 (1), b = 10.397 (1), c = 10.810 (2) A, alpha = 60.84 (1), beta = 57.22 (1), gamma = 70.97 (1) degrees, V = 852 (1) A3, Z = 2, Dx = 1.437 Mg m-3, Mo K alpha radiation, lambda = 0.71073 A, mu = 0.54 mm-1, F(000) = 380, T = 293 (1) K, R = 0.0287 for 2330 observed reflections with I greater than 3 sigma (I).