Definition of Rhombohedra

1. Noun. (plural of rhombohedron) ¹

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Definition of Rhombohedra

1. rhombohedron [n] - See also: rhombohedron

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhombohedra

rhombicuboctahedron
rhombicuboctahedrons
rhombihexahedron
rhombihexahedrons
rhombitruncated icosidodecahedron
rhombo-
rhomboatloideus
rhombocele
rhomboclase
rhomboclases
rhomboganoid
rhomboganoidei
rhomboganoids
rhombogene
rhombogenes
rhombohedra (current term)
rhombohedral
rhombohedric
rhombohedron
rhombohedrons
rhomboi
rhomboid
rhomboid fossa
rhomboid impression
rhomboid ligament
rhomboid minor
rhomboid minor muscle
rhomboid muscle
rhomboid protease
rhomboid proteases

Literary usage of Rhombohedra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States by William Biddle Atkinson (1878)
"... 1872; "School Laboratory of Physical Science," etc., 1872, etc.; " Pyrite on the Lateral Edges of Calcite rhombohedra; " " Simple Arsenic Apparatus for ..."

2. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1895)
"The observed forms consisted of numerous direct and inverse rhombohedra, with the basal pinacoid and, in soine crystals, the prism of the first order. ..."

3. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1895)
"Inverse rhombohedra. ' \\ 1.0 2 * 10 5 " In some crystals, like that just described, ihe rhombohedral symmetry was evident; in others, the direct and ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Like the two sets of rhombohedra, there are also direct and inverse ... Direct and Inverse rhombohedra. secting in the triad axis; there are also three ..."

5. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1895)
"In offering a new theory, I will suppose that calcium carbonate is deposited in the form of flat rhombohedra, since I have reason to believe that the shells ..."

6. Lectures on the Physiology of Plants by Julius Sachs (1887)
"On contact with other solid bodies also, the rhombohedra are transformed if ... If the liquid is in very thin films and dries up around the rhombohedra ..."

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