scalenohedron
[ skey-lee-nuh-hee-druh n ]
/ skeɪˌli nəˈhi drən /
noun, plural sca·le·no·he·drons, sca·le·no·he·dra [skey-lee-nuh-hee-druh] /skeɪˌli nəˈhi drə/. Crystallography.
a hemihedral crystal form of 8 or 12 faces, each face being a scalene triangle.
Origin of scalenohedron
1850–55; < Greek
skalēnó(s) unequal +
-hedron
OTHER WORDS FROM scalenohedron
sca·le·no·he·dral, adjectiveWords nearby scalenohedron
scaled,
scaledown,
scalene,
scalene muscle,
scalenectomy,
scalenohedron,
scalenotomy,
scalenus,
scalenus anterior syndrome,
scalepan,
scaler