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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"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
"Imagining each of these individual molecular LEGOs will emit at different wavelengths, one can in principle design a semiconductor material that would emit an arbitrary color by selecting different molecular octahedral LEGOs," he explained.
From Science Daily • Sep. 28, 2023
Aluminum oxide crystallizes with aluminum ions in two-thirds of the octahedral holes in a closest-packed array of oxide ions.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The crystals of octahedral borax fuse more easily than those of the prismatic form and are less liable to split when heated, so that they are preferable for soldering or fluxing.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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