Associations to the word «Orthorhombic»

Wiktionary

ORTHORHOMBIC, adjective. (crystallography) having three unequal axes at right angles
ORTHORHOMBIC PYROXENE, noun. (mineralogy) Any of a group of minerals having the general formula XYSi2O6 in which X is iron or magnesium and Y is iron or manganese.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope