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Sectant vs Hemiholohedral - What's the difference?

sectant | hemiholohedral |

In crystallography|lang=en terms the difference between sectant and hemiholohedral

is that sectant is (crystallography) one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes while hemiholohedral is (crystallography) presenting hemihedral forms in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.

As a noun sectant

is one of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes.

As an adjective hemiholohedral is

(crystallography) presenting hemihedral forms in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.

sectant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes.
  • (crystallography) One of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes.
    • (Webster 1913)

    hemiholohedral

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (crystallography) Presenting hemihedral forms in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.
    • (Webster 1913)