Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In crystallography, having half the whole number of planes in all the octants: sometimes said of the parallel hemihedral forms of the isometric system. See
hemihedrism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Crystallog.) Presenting hemihedral forms, in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.
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- adjective crystallography Presenting
hemihedral forms in which half thesectants have the full number ofplanes .
Etymologies
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hemi- + holohedral
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