hemiholohedral

adjective

hemi·​holohedral

of a crystal

: having a hemihedral form in which half the octants have the full number of planes

hemiholohedral tetrahedron

hemiholohedral sphenoid

Word History

Etymology

hemi- entry 1 + holohedral

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