trigonal

[ trig-uh-nl ]

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adjective

of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle; having three angles; triangular.
Crystallography. having threefold symmetry.

Origin of trigonal

First recorded in 1560–70; trigon + -al¹

Other words from trigonal

trig·o·nal·ly, adverb
sub·trig·o·nal, adjective

Words Nearby trigonal

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How to use trigonal in a sentence

Orifice either large and rounded-trigonal, or small and oval, either entire or less frequently toothed.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles Darwin
Parietes ribbed, mottled purplish-red; orifice broad, trigonal, hardly toothed.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles Darwin
The horns are trigonal, laterally compressed and knotted on the upper edge.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon | Robert A. Sterndale
When the whorls are angulated, a trigonal aperture is the result, as in many species of Trochus.
A Conchological Manual | George Brettingham Sowerby
Mactracea (plates, fig. 77 to 88), the cartilage placed in a trigonal pit, with a small external ligament.
A Conchological Manual | George Brettingham Sowerby

British Dictionary definitions for trigonal

trigonal

/ (ˈtrɪɡənəl) /

adjective

another word for triangular (def. 1)
Also: rhombohedral relating or belonging to the crystal system characterized by three equal axes that are equally inclined and not perpendicular to each other

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Scientific definitions for trigonal

trigonal

[ trī-gō′nəl ]

Relating to a crystal having three axes of equal length intersecting at oblique angles. This crystal system is considered a subset of the hexagonal system. The mineral quartz has trigonal crystals. Also called rhombohedral See illustration at crystal.

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