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plagihedral

plagihedral adjective: having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as in levorotatory and dextrorotatory crystals.

Adjective

plagihedral (not comparable)

  1. Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as in levorotatory and dextrorotatory crystals.
    • plagihedral faces
    • plagihedral quartz

Origin of plagihedral

Ancient Greek πλάγιος (plágios, “oblique”). Also, plagio- + -hedral.

Questions about plagihedral

What does plagihedral mean?
Plagihedral means having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as in levorotatory and dextrorotatory crystals.
What part of speech is plagihedral?
Plagihedral is an adjective.

Words near plagihedral in the dictionary

  1. plagiary
  2. plagiator
  3. plagiators
  4. plagiaulacid
  5. plagiaulacids
  6. plagihedral
  7. plagio-
  8. plagiocephalic
  9. plagiocephalies
  10. plagiocephalism
  11. plagiocephaly

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