scalenohedron

[ skey-lee-nuh-hee-druhn ]

noun

, Crystallography.

, plural sca·le·no·he·drons, sca·le·no·he·dra [skey-lee-n, uh, -, hee, -dr, uh].

1. a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.

Other Words From

• sca·leno·hedral adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scalenohedron¹

1850–55; < Greek skalēnó ( s ) unequal + -hedron

Example Sentences

The angles over the three edges of a face of a scalenohedron are all different; the angles over three alternate polar edges are more obtuse than over the other three polar edges.

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