pseudosymmetry

[ soo-doh-sim-i-tree ]
/ ˌsu doʊˈsɪm ɪ tri /

noun Crystallography.

an apparent symmetry different from that appropriate to a crystal of a given mineral.

Origin of pseudosymmetry

First recorded in 1885–90; pseudo- + symmetry

Words nearby pseudosymmetry

pseudosmia, pseudosolution, pseudosphere, pseudostrabismus, pseudostratified epithelium, pseudosymmetry, pseudotripteral, pseudotruncus arteriosus, pseudotuberculosis, pseudotumor, pseudovector