"merohedral" meaning in English

See merohedral in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more merohedral [comparative], most merohedral [superlative]
Etymology: mero- + -hedral Etymology templates: {{confix|en|mero|hedral}} mero- + -hedral Head templates: {{en-adj}} merohedral (comparative more merohedral, superlative most merohedral)
  1. Describing a form of a crystal that has half (or quarter, eighth etc) of the faces of the normal form Related terms: merohedry

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