tetrahedra
- plural of tetrahedron.
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One part copper, two parts vanadium and four parts sulfur, the alloy features a 3D pyrochlore lattice consisting of corner-sharing tetrahedra.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
The mineral quartz is made up entirely of silica tetrahedra, and some forms of quartz are known as silica.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
How are the silica tetrahedra structured differently in pyroxene and amphibole?
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
In olivine, unlike most other silicate minerals, the silica tetrahedra are not bonded to each other.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The smallest particles of fire are tetrahedra, of air octahedra, of water icosahedra.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
