having four lateral planes in addition to the top and bottom
Derived forms
tetrahedrally
adverb
Word origin
[1785–95; tetrahedr(on) + -al1]This word is first recorded in the period 1785–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fossilize, guillotine, initiative, plateau, preemptive
Examples of 'tetrahedral' in a sentence
tetrahedral
A diethyl ether molecule completes the tetrahedral coordination environment for each lithium atom.
Justin A. Rave, Diego A. Garcia, Patrick C. Hillesheim, Gary L. Guillet 2016, 'Bis[μ-2-(trimethylsilylamido)-6-(trimethylsilylamino)pyridine-κ3N1,N2:N2]bis[(diethylether-κO)lithium(I)]', IUCrDatahttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2414314616007070. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The oxyanion hole that stabilizes the negative charge on the tetrahedral intermediate has been identified.
Rafiya Sultana, Karunakar Tanneeru, Lalitha Guruprasad 2011, 'The PE-PPE Domain in Mycobacterium Reveals a Serine α/β Hydrolase Fold and Function:An In-Silico Analysis', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0016745. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For triangular and tetrahedral grids the elements are introduced sequentially one at a time.
Eugeniuš Stupak, Romualdas Baušys 2000, 'Generation of the unstructured fe-grids for complex 2d objects/Nestruktūrinių be tinklųgeneravimas sudėtingiems dvimačiams objektams', Journal of Civil Engineering and Managementhttp://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JCEM/article/view/9244. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The micelles influence the stability of tetrahedral intermediate, in turn, altering the rate of hydrolysis.
Mona N. Al-Shamary, Hamad A. Al-Lohedan, M.Z.A. Rafiquee, Fawzia El-Ablack, ZuheirA. Issa 2017, 'Micellar effect upon the rate of alkaline hydrolysis of carboxylic and carbonate esters',Journal of Saudi Chemical Societyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S131961031400012X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The carbonate ligand bridges three half-sandwich cycloruthenated fragments, each of them exhibiting a pseudo-tetrahedral geometry.
Laurent Barloy, Michel Pfeffer, Lydia Brelot, Jean-Baptiste Sortais 2008, 'μ3-Carbonato-κ3O:O′:O′′-tris{(η6-benzene)[(R)-1-(1-aminoethyl)naphthyl-κ2C2,N]ruthenium(II)}hexafluoridophosphate dichloromethane solvate', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536808003978. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
At the end of regular meiotic division tetrahedral microspore tetrads are formed.
Aslihan ÇETİNBAŞ, Meral ÜNAL 2015, 'Anther Ontogeny and Microsporogenesis in <i>Helianthus annuus</i> L. (Compositae)',Notulae Scientia Biologicaehttp://www.notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/9474. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These are also typical of tetrahedral environment around the manganese.
N. Bhojak, D. D. Gudasaria, N. Khiwani, R. Jain 2007, 'Microwave Assisted Synthesis Spectral and Antibacterial Investigations on Complexesof Mn(II) With Amide Containing Ligands', E-Journal of Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/785626. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Yu R., Yun J., Kim Y. 2017, 'Synthesis and Characterization of Black CoFe2O4 Pigments Using MOOH (M = Fe and Co)Nanorod', Archives of Metallurgy and Materialshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/amm.2017.62.issue-2/amm-2017-0183/amm-2017-0183.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Tetrahedral and rectilinear types of mesh were programmed.
Petr Koňas, Vladimír Gryc, Hanuš Vavrčík 2009, '3D visualization and finite element mesh formation from wood anatomy samples, PartI – Theoretical approach', Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensishttps://acta.mendelu.cz/57/1/0071/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)