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_axis.type

Name:
'_axis.type'

Definition:

   The value of _axis.type specifies the type of
   axis:  'rotation' or 'translation' (or 'general' when
   the type is not relevant, as for gravity).

Type: ucode

Mandatory item: no


The data value must be one of the following:


rotation 		right-handed axis of rotation

translation 		translation in the direction of the axis

general 		axis for which the type is not relevant

Enumeration default: general

Category: axis


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.