Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hemitrope

Hemitrope , adjective

[Hemi- + Greek {not transcribed} to turn: compare French hémitrope.]

(Crystallography) Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallography) having a twinned structure.

Hemitrope , noun

(Crystallography) That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallography) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.