(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:07:18

Pol`y*syn*thet"ic (?), a. [Poly- + synthetic.]

Characterized by polysynthesis; agglutinative.

Polysynthetic twinning Min., repeated twinning, like that of the triclinic feldspar, producing fine parallel bands in alternately reversed positions.

 

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