PYRITOHEDRON


Meaning of PYRITOHEDRON in English

-drən sometimes -ˌdrän noun

( plural pyritohedrons or pyritohedra )

Etymology: New Latin, from pyrito- (from International Scientific Vocabulary pyrite ) + -hedron

: a pentagonal dodecahedron that is a hemihedral form of the isometric system of crystalline symmetry common to pyrite

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