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PRONUNCIATION OF OCTAHEDRAL

octahedral  [ˌɒktəˈhiːdrəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OCTAHEDRAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Octahedral is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OCTAHEDRAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

octahedral

Octahedron

In geometry, an octahedron is a polyhedron with eight faces. A regular octahedron is a Platonic solid composed of eight equilateral triangles, four of which meet at each vertex. A regular octahedron is the dual polyhedron of a cube. It is a rectified tetrahedron. It is a square bipyramid in any of three orthogonal orientations. It is also a triangular antiprism in any of four orientations. An octahedron is the three-dimensional case of the more general concept of a cross polytope.

Definition of octahedral in the English dictionary

The definition of octahedral in the dictionary is having eight plane surfaces. Other definition of octahedral is shaped like an octahedron.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OCTAHEDRAL


anhedral
ænˈhiːdrəl
cathedral
kəˈθiːdrəl
decahedral
ˌdekəˈhiːdrəl
dihedral
daɪˈhiːdrəl
dodecahedral
ˌdəʊdekəˈhiːdrəl
enneahedral
ˌenɪəˈhiːdrəl
hemihedral
ˌhɛmɪˈhiːdrəl
heptahedral
ˌhɛptəˈhiːdrəl
hexahedral
ˌheksəˈhiːdrəl
holohedral
ˌhɒləˈhiːdrəl
pentahedral
ˌpentəˈhiːdrəl
polyhedral
ˌpɒlɪˈhiːdrəl
pyritohedral
ˌpaɪrɪtəʊˈhiːdrəl
rhombohedral
ˌrɒmbəʊˈhiːdrəl
subhedral
sʌbˈhiːdrəl
tetartohedral
tɪˌtɑːtəʊˈhiːdrəl
tetrahedral
ˌtɛtrəˈhiːdrəl
trapezohedral
trəˌpiːzəʊˈhiːdrəl
trihedral
traɪˈhiːdrəl
trisoctahedral
trɪsˌɒktrəˈhiːdrəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OCTAHEDRAL

octa
octachord
octachordal
octad
octadic
octagon
octagonal
octagonally
octahedra
octahedrally
octahedrite
octahedron
octal
octal notation
octamerous
octameter
octan
octandrian
octandrous
octane

WORDS THAT END LIKE OCTAHEDRAL

agricultural
bedral
central
chondral
coral
cultural
endochondral
federal
floral
funeral
general
icosahedral
in general
integral
mineral
natural
oral
perichondral
rural
several

Synonyms and antonyms of octahedral in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «octahedral» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OCTAHEDRAL

Find out the translation of octahedral to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of octahedral from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «octahedral» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

八面体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

octaédrica
570 millions of speakers

English

octahedral
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अष्टभुजाकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثماني السطوح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

восьмигранный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

octaédrico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অষ্টতলকীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

octaédrique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Octahedral
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

oktaedrischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

8面体の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

팔면체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Octahedral
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc khối tám mặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எண்முக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अष्टपैलू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sekiz yüzlü cisim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ottaedrico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

octahedral
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

восьмигранний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

octaedric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οκταεδρικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oktahedriese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oktaedrisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

octahedral
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of octahedral

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OCTAHEDRAL»

The term «octahedral» is regularly used and occupies the 81.570 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OCTAHEDRAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about octahedral

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OCTAHEDRAL»

Discover the use of octahedral in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to octahedral and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Metal-ligand Bonding
An orbital contribution to the magnetic moment is therefore only expected if there is a vacancy in d^. or dv.. In octahedral complexes, dv- and dv. belong to t2g, and in tetrahedral complexes to t2. Thus, we only expect orbital contributions for ...
Rob Janes, Elaine A. Moore, 2004
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The Science & Engineering of Materials
The cubic site, with a coordination number of eight, occurs in the SC structure. Octahedral sites give a coordination number of six (not eight). They are known as octahedral sites because the atoms contacting the interstitial atom form an ...
Donald Askeland, Pradeep Fulay, 2005
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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: A FIRST COURSE
An octahedral void is formed with three spheres on a close packed plane and three more spheres on an adjacent close packed plane, as shown in Fig. 5.10c. Note that the three spheres of the adjacent plane are positioned such that the ...
V. RAGHAVAN, 2004
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An Introduction to Mineral Sciences
There are tetrahedral sites above and below each close-packed atom, totalling four sites per unit cell, (b) The position of the octahedral sites with one octahedron shaded. There is another octahedral site immediately below the one shown, ...
Andrew Putnis, 1992
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Crystals and Crystal Structures
If all of the cations A are in the tetrahedral sites, (A), and all of the B cations are in octahedral sites, [B], the formula is written (A)[B2]O4 Ti4+ Ti4+ Ti4+ O2– O2–O2–( a) (b) (c) Figure 7.11 TiO6 octahedra: (a) an ideal TiO6 octahedron, with equal ...
Richard J. D. Tilley, 2006
6
Symmetry and Structure: Readable Group Theory for Chemists
This new edition has been fully revised and updated to include a much more three-dimensional and accurate visualization of many of the key topics.
Sidney F. A. Kettle, 2008
7
Soils: Genesis and Geomorphology
Genesis and Geomorphology Randall J. Schaetzl, Sharon Anderson. Table 4.5 I Classification of 1 : 1 phyllosilicates according to the type of octahedral sheet ( dioctahedral or trioctahedral) and octahedral cation, layer charge, formula and ...
Randall J. Schaetzl, Sharon Anderson, 2005
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Inorganic Chemistry
+ 0.914Ao +0.6Ao +0.6Ao + 0.178Ao x / +0.086Ao \ / / \ / \ / \-0.267Ao -0.4Ao (a) i \ / \ -0.4Ao -0.086Ao \ -0.457 A0 s — (b) Figure 8.17 Comparative energy level diagrams for different pairs of geometries: (a) octahedral ML6 (on the left) versus  ...
Gary Wulfsberg, 2000
9
Principles of the Solid State
Sim ilarly, the closest-packed layer below the A layer also gives three tetrahedral and three octahedral voids. Furthermore, the particular sphere being considered in layer A, itself covers a triangular void each in the close-packed layers above ...
H. V. Keer, 1993
10
Transition Metal Oxides: Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
They are commonly referred to as tetrahedral and octahedral holes, respectively. There are as many octahedral holes as the number of oxygen ions, and half as many tetrahedral holes as octahedral holes. In the ideal rutile structure, half of the  ...
H.H. Kung, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OCTAHEDRAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term octahedral is used in the context of the following news items.
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DNA–nanoparticle crystals: Exploiting shape complementarity
1d), as expected from the octahedral arrangement of facets. Interestingly, the authors could not obtain assemblies with long-range order when ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Ultra-thin hollow nanocages could reduce platinum use in fuel cell …
The nanocages can be made in either cubic or octahedral shapes, depending on the palladium nanocrystals used as templates. The shape ... «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
3
DIAMONDS: Continued success for Kennady in NWT
That stone was described as a 0.94 ct white-/colourless transparent octahedral twin with etched trigons. Drilling also continues at the Faraday 2 ... «Canadian Mining Journal, Jul 15»
4
Rathyatra begins; sweets and bhog offered to deities
The three-day festivities began at the stroke of midnight on July 17 as the doors of 18 ft long and 20 ft wide octahedral Rath (chariot) of Lord ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
5
Synthetic diamond advances cause concern
... diamond submission produced by Chinese synthetic diamond manufacturer Taidiam that featured octahedral and “other 'natural' shapes”. «Jeweller Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Kennady Diamonds Finds Diamond during Faraday 2 Core Logging
... logging of core from the Kelvin kimberlite and was described as a 0.94 carat white/colorless transparent octahedral twin with etched trigons. «IDEX Online, Jul 15»
7
Kennady finds macro diamond during core logging at Faraday 2 …
It was described as a 0.94 carat white/colorless transparent octahedral twin with etched trigons. Kennady will process the core featuring the ... «Energy Business Review, Jul 15»
8
New Synthetic Rough Diamonds Could Pose Detection Challenge
Small synthetic rough stones have been discovered bearing the classic octahedral shape found in natural stones, which may lead to new ... «JCK, Jul 15»
9
Kennady Diamonds Finds Faraday 2 Diamond during Core Logging
... logging of core from the Kelvin kimberlite and was described as a 0.94 carat white/colorless transparent octahedral twin with etched trigons. «Canada NewsWire, Jul 15»
10
Formation of todorokite from 'c-disordered'H + -birnessites: the roles …
... MnO 6 octahedral molecular sieve. The formation of todorokite is closely associated with the poorly crystalline phyllomanganates in nature. «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»

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