hemihedral Sentence Examples
- The hemihedral garnet exhibited remarkable crystallographic symmetry.
- The rock contained a rare hemihedral mineral with only half the normal faces present.
- The compound displayed a hemihedral crystal structure, featuring a mirror plane of symmetry.
- The hemihedral quartz crystal had an unusual, incomplete appearance.
- The hemihedral snowflake displayed a unique and intricate hexagonal pattern.
- The hemihedral surface of the metal sheet reflected light in a distinctive manner.
- The hemihedral pyrite crystal exhibited perfect mirror symmetry across its diagonal planes.
- The hemihedral column of the plant had a pentagonal cross-section with five equal sides.
- The hemihedral dendrite had a branched structure with half the usual number of branches.
- The hemihedral trapezium had two equal sides and two parallel but unequal sides.
hemihedral Meaning
hemihedral (a.)
Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron.
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Having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only
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The hemihedral garnet exhibited remarkable crystallographic symmetry.
The rock contained a rare hemihedral mineral with only half the normal faces present.
The compound displayed a hemihedral crystal structure, featuring a mirror plane of symmetry.
The hemihedral quartz crystal had an unusual, incomplete appearance.
