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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] (crystallography) having three-fold symmetry |
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RHOMBOHEDRAL is a 12 letter word that starts with R. |
| | Synonyms: | | symmetric, symmetrical, trigonal |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Rhom`bo*he"dral\, a. (Geom. & Crystallog.)
Related to the rhombohedron; presenting the form of a
rhombohedron, or a form derivable from a rhombohedron;
relating to a system of forms including the rhombohedron and
scalenohedron.
{Rhombohedral iron ore} (Min.) See {Hematite}.
{Rhombohedral system} (Crystallog.), a division of the
hexagonal system embracing the rhombohedron,
scalenohedron, etc.
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