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rhombohedral

American  
[rahm-boh-hee-druhl] / ˌrɑm boʊˈhi drəl /

adjective

  1. relating to or having the form of a rhombohedron.

  2. Crystallography. belonging to or designating a lattice system within the trigonal crystal system, as in dolomite.


rhombohedral British  
/ ˌrɒmbəʊˈhiːdrəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a rhombohedron

  2. crystallog another term for trigonal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rhombohedral Scientific  
/ rŏm′bō-hēdrəl /
  1. See trigonal


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"And we can look at all these flakes and tell which has five layers, in this rhombohedral stacking, which is what should give you this slowing-down effect in electrons."

From Science Daily Oct. 18, 2023

They used optical techniques to examine each flake, looking specifically for five-layer flakes, arranged naturally in a rhombohedral pattern.

From Science Daily Oct. 18, 2023

The team carried out some simple calculations and found that some coordinated behavior among electrons should emerge in a structure of five graphene layers stacked together in a rhombohedral pattern.

From Science Daily Oct. 18, 2023

The crystals measure up to a yard across, and are rhombohedral or scalenohedral in habit; their faces are usually dull and corroded or coated with stilbite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Those with a triad axis are grouped together in the rhombohedral or trigonal division, and those with a hexad axis in the hexagonal division.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

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