释义 |
scalenohedron Cryst.|skəˌliːnəʊˈhiːdrən| [mod.L., f. Gr. σκαληνός scalene + ἕδρα seat, base.] A hemihedral form of the rhombohedral system in which the faces are similar scalene triangles.
1854Pereira's Polarized Light (ed. 2) 199 Hemihedral Forms. 1. Rhombohedron. 2. Scalenohedron. 1878Gurney Crystallogr. 48 A figure bounded by eight scalene triangles, which has been termed an octahedral scalenohedron. So scalenohedral |-ˈhiːdrəl| a., pertaining to, or having the form of, a scalenohedron.
1890Amer. Jrnl. Sci. Ser. iii. XXXIX. 375 Scalenohedral, surrounded by..rhombohedral, depressions. |