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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A crystalline form of the sphenoid group of the tetragonal system, bound by eight similar isosceles triangles in symmetrical pairs; a tetragonal scalenohedron. See sphenoid, 1.

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  • adjective mineralogy Describing a wedge-shaped crystal form of the tetragonal or orthorhombic system.
  • adjective mineralogy Describing a crystal form bounded by eight scalene triangles arranged in pairs, constituting a tetragonal scalenohedron.
  • noun geometry A polyhedron whose four faces are identical isosceles or scalene triangles.

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