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Webster 1913 Edition
octahedral
ocˊta-he′dral
(ŏkˊtȧ-hē′dral)
, Adj.
[See
octahedron
.] Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in, octahedrons;
as,
. octahedral
cleavage; an octahedral
crystaloctahedral borax
(Chem.)
, borax obtained from a saturated solution in octahedral crystals, which contain five molecules of water of crystallization; distinguished from common or
– prismatic borax
. Octahedral iron ore
(Min.)
, magnetite.
Webster 1828 Edition
Octahedral
OCTAHE'DRAL
,Adj.