Definition of Tetrahedral

1. a. Having, or composed of, four sides.

Definition of Tetrahedral

1. Adjective. in the shape of a tetrahedron ¹

2. Adjective. having four faces, four apices and six edges ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tetrahedral

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Tetrahedral

1. 1. Having, or composed of, four sides. 2. Having the form of the regular tetrahedron. Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the system of hemihedral forms to which the tetrahedron belongs. Tetrahedral angle, a solid angle bounded or inclosed by four plane angles. See: Tetrahedron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetrahedral

tetragonality
tetragonally
tetragons
tetragonus
tetragram
tetragrammatons
tetragramme
tetragrams
tetragraph
tetragraphs
tetragynia
tetragynous
tetrahalide
tetrahalides
tetrahedra
tetrahedral (current term)
tetrahedralisable
tetrahedralizable
tetrahedrally
tetrahedrane
tetrahedranes
tetrahedrite
tetrahedrites
tetrahedron
tetrahedrons
tetrahemihexahedra
tetrahemihexahedron
tetrahexahedra
tetrahexahedral
tetrahexahedron

Literary usage of Tetrahedral

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

1. A Treatise on the Line Complex by Charles Minshall Jessop (1903)
"Every (2, 2) is Included in 4O tetrahedral complexes*. Let the points Slt S3, S3, St be non-conjugate in Clf and denote by cr the singular plane <S]S,/S4 ..."

2. Linear Groups: With an Exposition of the Galois Field Theory by Leonard Eugene Dickson (1901)
"27i€ tetrahedral and octahedral subgroups of the GU(,)- A group of ... In a tetrahedral group the three substitutions of period 2 are all commutative. ..."

3. Solid Geometry by Percival Frost (1886)
"To find the equation of the tangent plane at any point of a surface referred to a four-plane or tetrahedral coordinate system. ..."

4. 3-D Deterministic Radiation Transport Computer Programs: Features by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (1997)
"However, we have found that this is not the case for 3-D tetrahedral meshes. We use graph theory techniques to define an ordering when a lower-triangular ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"Sixteen-celled tetrahedral Frame. kite, which seems to have the same function ... The tetrahedral kites that have the largest central spaces preserve their ..."

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