A point group is named by its Schoenflies symbol: (one axis), (adding vertical planes), (adding ), (adding axes perpendicular to ), and (adding , or dihedral planes, to ), , the cubic groups , , of the tetrahedron, octahedron and icosahedron, and , , for molecules with only a mirror plane, only an inversion centre, or nothing at all. Linear molecules belong to or .
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