octahedral
Americanadjective
adjective
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having eight plane surfaces
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shaped like an octahedron
Etymology
Origin of octahedral
First recorded in 1750–60; octahedr(on) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Barium titanate belongs to the perovskite group of materials, where a titanium ion resides within an oxygen octahedral cage.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
"Intuitively, making these semiconductors is like stacking octahedral-shaped molecular 'LEGOs' into larger octahedral single crystals," said Yang.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2023
"One can imagine that each of these octahedral LEGOs could carry some type of 'genetic' information, just like DNA base pairs carry our genetic information," Yang said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2023
Ratios of less than 1:1 are observed when some of the octahedral holes remain empty.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Mr. Addison found in the 'splendid crystals of octahedral sulphur' a glistening white substance of crystalline structure, yet somewhat like opal.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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