pedion

[ ped-ee-uhn, pee-dee- ]

noun,plural ped·i·a [ped-ee-uh, pee-dee-uh]. /ˈpɛd i ə, ˈpi di ə/. Crystallography.
  1. a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.

Origin of pedion

1
1885–90; <New Latin <Greek pedíon plain, level ground, diminutive of pédon ground, earth

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