Definition of Acicular. Meaning of Acicular. Synonyms of Acicular

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Definition of Acicular

Acicular
Acicular A*cic"u*lar, a. Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless. A*cic"u*lar*ly, adv..

Meaning of Acicular from wikipedia

- Acicular may refer to In botany: a slender leaf shape In mineralogy: Acicular (crystal habit) refers to a needle-like crystal form Acicular ferrite, a...
- Acicular, in mineralogy, refers to a crystal habit composed of slender, needle-like crystals. Crystals with this habit tend to be fragile. Complete, undamaged...
- Acicular ferrite is a microstructure of ferrite in steel that is characterised by needle-shaped crystallites or grains when viewed in two dimensions. The...
- show a variety of habits, but the most common are tabular, prismatic, or acicular (columnar) crystals, often with no imperfections or inclusions. Twinned...
- altered igneous rocks, and in certain gneisses and schists. In groups of acicular crystals it is frequently seen penetrating quartz as in the fléches d'amour...
- bi****h with formula Pb Cu Bi S3. It forms black to grey or reddish brown acicular orthorhombic crystals with a Mohs hardness of 2 to 2.5 and a specific gravity...
- Rutilated quartz is a variety of quartz which contains acicular (needle-like) inclusions of rutile. It is used for gemstones. These inclusions mostly look...
- and also forms oxides that are necessary for the nucleation of acicular ferrite. Acicular ferrite is desirable in HY-80 steels because it promotes excellent...
- habits. Crystals are short prismatic parallel to the c axis and often acicular. Calcium-rich varieties often show steep pyramidal forms. Crystals may...
- orthorhombic system. The normal form is as m****ive encrustations, while acicular or fibrous crystals are rarely found. It is colorless to white with tints...