monoclinic adj 1: having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection; "monoclinic system" [ant: {anorthic}, {triclinic}]
Monoclinic \Mon`o*clin"ic\, a. [Mono- + Gr. ? to incline.] (Crystallog.) Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See {Crystallization}. [1913 Webster]