What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Hexagonal vs Dmisteinbergite - What's the difference?

hexagonal | dmisteinbergite |

As an adjective hexagonal

is (geometry) having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.

As a noun dmisteinbergite is

(mineral) a colourless mineral, a hexagonal polymorph of anorthite, with the chemical formula caal2si2o8.

hexagonal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
    • Nuts in engineering are generally hexagonal .
  • (crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.

    • Related terms

    * hexagon

    Coordinate terms

    * triclinic * monoclinic * orthorhombic * rhombohedral * tetragonal * cubic ----

    dmisteinbergite

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mineral) A colourless mineral, a hexagonal polymorph of anorthite, with the chemical formula CaAl2Si2O8.
  • * 2001 , William Alexander Deer, ?Robert Andrew Howie, ?J. Zussman, Rock-forming Minerals: Feldspars (volume 4A, page 654)
    • Chesnokov et al. also reported from the same locality dmisteinbergite , a natural hexagonal polymorph of anorthite.
    English eponyms