"tetragonal" meaning in English

See tetragonal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tɛˈtɹæɡənəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tetragonal.wav [Southern-England]
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  1. Having four sides, like a tetragon. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: quadrilateral
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  2. (crystallography) Having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angle 90°): тетрагонален (tetragonalen) (Bulgarian), 四方 (sìfāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 正方 (zhèngfāng) (Chinese Mandarin), тетрагонды (tetragondı) (Kazakh), czworokątny (Polish), tetragonalny (Polish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ditetragonal, nontetragonal, tetragonal disphenoid, tetragonality, tetragonally Coordinate_terms: triclinic, monoclinic, orthorhombic, hexagonal, rhombohedral, cubic
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    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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      "word": "monoclinic"
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      "word": "tetragonal disphenoid"
    },
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        "Having four sides, like a tetragon."
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          "word": "quadrilateral"
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          "ref": "1895, Nevil Story-Maskelyne, Crystallography: A Treatise on the Morphology of Crystals, page 255:",
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        "(crystallography) Having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°."
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      "ipa": "/tɛˈtɹæɡənəl/"
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        "Southern-England"
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      "rhymes": "-æɡənəl"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "tetragonalen",
      "sense": "having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angle 90°",
      "word": "тетрагонален"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "sìfāng",
      "sense": "having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angle 90°",
      "word": "四方"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "cmn",
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      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "tetragondı",
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      "word": "тетрагонды"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angle 90°",
      "word": "czworokątny"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "tetragonalny"
    }
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}

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