Crossword-Solution: RHOMBOHEDRON
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Rhombohedron | n. | A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped. |
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The old plural of Eye.
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Sentences with RHOMBOHEDRON (5)
Distinct crystals are somewhat rare; they have the form of the primitive rhombohedron (rr' = 72° 20'), the faces of which are generally curved and rough.
This lamellar twinning is of secondary origin; it may be readily produced artificially by pressure, for example, by pressing a knife into the edge of a cleavage rhombohedron.
Owing to the strong double refraction and the consequent wide separation of the two polarized rays of light traversing the crystal, an object viewed through a cleavage rhombohedron of Iceland-spar is seen double, hence the name doubly-refracting spar.
The Hexagonal system (one division of which is called Rhombohedral), in which there are three equal lateral axes, and a vertical axis of variable length, as in the hexagonal prism and the rhombohedron.
Other crystals show a tabular habit, consisting usually of the basal pinacoid with a rhombohedron, and it is notable that this habit is said to be characteristic of corundum which has consolidated from a fused magma.