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Orthorhombic vs Disphenoid - What's the difference?

orthorhombic | disphenoid |

As adjectives the difference between orthorhombic and disphenoid

is that orthorhombic is (crystallography) having three unequal axes at right angles while disphenoid is (mineralogy) describing a wedge-shaped crystal form of the tetragonal or orthorhombic system.

As a noun disphenoid is

(geometry) a polyhedron whose four faces are identical isosceles or scalene triangles.

orthorhombic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (crystallography) having three unequal axes at right angles

    • See also

    * triclinic * monoclinic * hexagonal * rhombohedral * tetragonal * cubic * pseudoorthorhombic

    disphenoid

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mineralogy) Describing a wedge-shaped crystal form of the tetragonal or orthorhombic system.
  • (mineralogy) Describing a crystal form bounded by eight scalene triangles arranged in pairs, constituting a tetragonal scalenohedron.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) A polyhedron whose four faces are identical isosceles or scalene triangles.