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Tetrahedral vs Rhombohedral - What's the difference?

tetrahedral | rhombohedral |

As adjectives the difference between tetrahedral and rhombohedral

is that tetrahedral is in the shape of a tetrahedron while rhombohedral is (crystallography) having three equal axes and oblique angles.

tetrahedral

English

Adjective

(-)
  • in the shape of a tetrahedron
  • having four faces, four apices and six edges

    • Related terms

    * tetrahedron

    rhombohedral

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (crystallography) Having three equal axes and oblique angles.

    • Synonyms

    * rhombohedric

    See also

    * triclinic * monoclinic * orthorhombic * hexagonal * tetragonal * cubic