Subject: Re: CCL:Why the Z-matrix is called thus?

From: Brian Salter-Duke <b_duke(at)octa4.net.au>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:51:38 +0930

On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 03:50:39PM +0100, Olalla Nieto Faza wrote:
> Dear netters,
> I have been looking for the answer to this question for quite a while, 
> but I could not find anything.
> Does anyone know why a z-matrix is called z-matrix?

It is because the second line, defining the first bond, puts that atom
along the Z axis from the first atom at the origin.

> Thank you in advance.
> Regards,
> 
> Olalla
> 
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