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scalenohedron
[ skey-lee-nuh-hee-druhn ]
noun
, Crystallography.
, plural sca·le·no·he·drons, sca·le·no·he·dra [skey-lee-n, uh, -, hee, -dr, uh].
- a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
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- sca·leno·hedral adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scalenohedron1
1850–55; < Greek skalēnó ( s ) unequal + -hedron
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Example Sentences
Tetragonal scalenohedron or ditetragonal bisphenoid (fig. 51).
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