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_axis.vector[3]

Name:
'_axis.vector[3]'

Definition:

   The [3] element of the three-element vector used to specify
   the direction of a rotation or translation axis.
   The vector should be normalized to be a unit vector and
   is dimensionless.

Type: float

Mandatory item: no


Enumeration default: 0.0

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.