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scalenohedron
[ skey-lee-nuh-hee-druhn ]
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 51Թ Forms
- ·n·d adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scalenohedron1
1850–55; < Greek 첹ŧó ( 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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