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Tetragonal vs Trigonal - What's the difference?

tetragonal | trigonal |

As adjectives the difference between tetragonal and trigonal

is that tetragonal is tetragonal while trigonal is symmetrically triangular.

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 ----

    trigonal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • symmetrically triangular