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A point group symbol with dots for missing directions.
Also known as: Site point group symbol, Dotted symmetry notation
The notation giving the symmetry of a particular site in a space group, using dots to hold the place of directions carrying no symmetry.
Gives the symmetry of a particular site within a space group.
Contexts: Laboratory
Writes a dot where a direction carries no symmetry, keeping every direction in its fixed position so the symbol can be read against the space group symbol directly.
Contexts: Laboratory
A short symmetry string in which dots stand in the positions of directions that carry no symmetry element.