octahedral

/ok-tuh-hee-druhl/US // ˌɒk təˈhi drəl //UK // (ˌɒktəˈhiːdrəl) //

八面体,八面體,八角形,八曲面

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

Characteristic octahedral crystals of calcium oxalate (Fig. 47) appear after ingestion of certain vegetables.
The tendency of their crystallization is to restore octahedral and cubical forms.
One of these specimens is an irregular octahedral crystal, eight inches in diameter.
It crystallizes in the cubic system; with regular octahedral and tetrahedral cleavages; spec.
The neutral nitrate being properly evaporated and set aside, affords colourless, transparent, slender octahedral crystals.