Oblique lattice

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Short description: 2-dimensional inclined lattice
Oblique Lattice.svg Wallpaper group diagram p2.svg 2d mp.svg
Oblique lattice Wallpaper group p2 Unit cell

The oblique lattice is one of the five two-dimensional Bravais lattice types.[1] The symmetry category of the lattice is wallpaper group p2. The primitive translation vectors of the oblique lattice form an angle other than 90° and are of unequal lengths.

Crystal classes

The oblique lattice class names, Schönflies notation, Hermann-Mauguin notation, orbifold notation, Coxeter notation, and wallpaper groups are listed in the table below.

Geometric class, point group Arithmetic
class
Wallpaper groups
Schön. Intl Orb. Cox.
C1 1 (1) [ ]+ None p1
(1)
C2 2 (22) [2]+ None p2
(2222)

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