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tetragonal

ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to or shaped like a quadrilateral

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  • The zircon, hyacinth, jacinth, or jargoon belong to the tetragonal system of crystallization.
  • RyRs are disposed in a tetragonal arrangement, and groups of four DHPRs, or tetrads, are associated with alternate RyRs, forming a related array.
  • Martensite is a supersaturated solid solution of carbon in iron which has a body-centred tetragonal structure, a distorted form of bcc iron.
  • -- "Fur above sooty black without any ferruginous smear, beneath lighter coloured; whiskers long, silvery grey; some parts of legs and feet greyish, clothed with adpressed hairs; claws short, whitish; ears large, round, naked; outer margin lying on a level with the fur of the head and neck, the ears being thus concealed posteriorly; tail tetragonal, tapering, shorter than head and body. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
  • Rutile is made up mostly of titanium dioxide with two rarer polymorphs anatase or octahedrite, which is a tetragonal mineral of pseudo-octahedral habit, and brookite, which is an orthorhombic mineral, the Doctor explained to her. Update
  • Rutile is made up mostly of titanium dioxide with two rarer polymorphs anatase or octahedrite, which is a tetragonal mineral of pseudo-octahedral habit, and brookite, which is an orthorhombic mineral, the Doctor explained to her. Update
  • Though closely resembling the tetragonal torbernite in form, it crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and is optically biaxial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
  • Rutile is a tetragonal mineral famous for its variety of crystal habits and twinning.
  • Xenotime crystals exhibit tetragonal prisms, dipyramids, and pinacoids, whereas zircon may exhibit first- and second-order tetragonal prisms, dipyramids, and pinacoids.
  • Superb, equant tetragonal crystals occur on quartz in the junction pockets.
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