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A symbol naming one of thirty-two symmetry classes.
Also known as: Crystallographic crystal class symbol, Point group notation, Thirty-two crystal classes
A Hermann-Mauguin or Schoenflies symbol naming one of the thirty-two crystallographic point groups.
Names one of the thirty-two crystallographic point groups, the complete set of symmetry classes a crystal may belong to.
Contexts: Laboratory
Is a closed set of exactly thirty-two, a mathematical result rather than a convention, so the notation can never need a thirty-third symbol.
Contexts: Laboratory
A short string of figures and letters with no leading capital letter for a lattice type, distinguishing it from a space group symbol.