HEMIHEDRAL


Meaning of HEMIHEDRAL in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+|hēdrəl adjective

or hemi·he·dric -rik

Etymology: hemi- (I) + -hedron + -al or -ic

1. of a crystal : having half the faces required by complete symmetry — compare holohedral

2. : having the symmetry appropriate to a hemihedral form

• hemi·he·dral·ly -rəlē adverb

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.