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单词 pangonia
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pangonian.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pangōnus , -ia suffix2.
Etymology: < classical Latin pangōnus (see pangony n.) + -ia suffix2.
Obsolete. rare.
A class of crystals comprising those whose shape is a twelve-sided prism capped by a twelve-sided pyramid.
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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).
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