scalenohedron

[skey-lee-nuh-hee-druhn]

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noun

Crystallography.

plural

scalenohedrons, scalenohedra

a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.

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Other Word Forms

scalenohedral adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scalenohedron¹

1850–55; < Greek ��첹��ŧ��ó ( s ) unequal + -hedron

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The angles over the three edges of a face of a scalenohedron are all different; the angles over three alternate polar edges are more obtuse than over the other three polar edges.

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scalene scalenus

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