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Tetragonal

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te⋅trag⋅o⋅nal

[te-trag-uh-nl]
–adjective
1. pertaining to or having the form of a tetragon.
2. Crystallography. noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization in which all three axes are at right angles to one another, two being equal in length and the third being of a different length.


Origin:
1565–75; tetragon + -al 1


te⋅trag⋅o⋅nal⋅ly, adverb
te⋅trag⋅o⋅nal⋅ness, noun
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tet·ra·gon   (tět'rə-gŏn')   
n.  A four-sided polygon; a quadrilateral.

[Late Latin tetragōnum, from Greek tetragōnon : tetra-, tetra- + -gōnon, -gon.]
te·trag'o·nal (tě-trāg'ə-nəl) adj., te·trag'o·nal·ly adv.
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