Definition of rhombohedral in English:
rhombohedral
adjective ˌrɒmbə(ʊ)ˈhiːdr(ə)lˌrɑmboʊˈhidrəl
(chiefly of a crystal) shaped like a rhombohedron.
Example sentencesExamples
- One of our recent projects was to make use of the rhombohedral crystals to construct the electron density profile of the transmembrane pores.
- Small rhombohedral crystals have been reported from the Magnet mine, Tasmania.
- In the gold/pyrite ore, it occurred as sharp, cloudy white rhombohedral crystals to 3 mm in size; tennantite and tetrahedrite were typically crystallized on the calcite.
- Translucent white to gray, tabular rhombohedral crystals with knifelike edges are common.
- The calcite formed scalenohedral and rhombohedral crystals on some of the quartz crystal groups.
Definition of rhombohedral in US English:
rhombohedral
adjectiveˌrɑmboʊˈhidrəlˌrämbōˈhēdrəl
(chiefly of a crystal) shaped like a rhombohedron.
Example sentencesExamples
- Small rhombohedral crystals have been reported from the Magnet mine, Tasmania.
- In the gold/pyrite ore, it occurred as sharp, cloudy white rhombohedral crystals to 3 mm in size; tennantite and tetrahedrite were typically crystallized on the calcite.
- One of our recent projects was to make use of the rhombohedral crystals to construct the electron density profile of the transmembrane pores.
- The calcite formed scalenohedral and rhombohedral crystals on some of the quartz crystal groups.
- Translucent white to gray, tabular rhombohedral crystals with knifelike edges are common.