单词 | pangonia |
释义 | † pangonian. Obsolete. rare. A class of crystals comprising those whose shape is a twelve-sided prism capped by a twelve-sided pyramid. ΚΠ 1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 187 Crystals with single pyramids; made up of twenty four planes, and call'd by the Greeks, Pangonia.] 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Pangonia,..The bodies of this genus are single-pointed, or imperfect crystals, composed of dodecangular or twelve-planed columns, terminated by twelve-planed pyramids, and the whole body, therefore, made up of twenty four planes. Of this genus there are only three known species. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1753 |
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