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Cubic vs Tetragonal - What's the difference?

cubic | tetragonal |

Tetragonal is a coordinate term of cubic.



In crystallography terms the difference between cubic and tetragonal

is that cubic is having three equal axes and all angles 90° while tetragonal is having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°.

As adjectives the difference between cubic and tetragonal

is that cubic is used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice while tetragonal is having four sides (as a tetragon); quadrilateral.

As a noun cubic

is a cubic curve.

cubic

English

Alternative forms

* cubick (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • (geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
    • cubic metre, cubic foot
  • (algebraic geometry) Of a class of polynomial of the form a.x^3 + b.x^2 + c.x + d
  • (crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.
    • cubic cleavage

    Synonyms

    * (crystallography) isometric, monometric

    Derived terms

    * cubic capacity * cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre * cubic curve * cubic equation * cubic foot * cubic inch * cubic meter, cubic metre * cubic mile * cubic yard

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (algebraic geometry) A cubic curve.

    • Synonyms

    * cubic curve

    See also

    * cube * linear * quadratic * quartic * quintic * square

    tetragonal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having four sides (as a tetragon); quadrilateral.
  • (crystallography) Having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°.

    • Derived terms

    * ditetragonal

    Coordinate terms

    * triclinic * monoclinic * orthorhombic * hexagonal * rhombohedral * cubic ----