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TRIGONAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trigonal mean?
• TRIGONAL (adjective)
The adjective TRIGONAL has 1 sense:
1. having threefold symmetry
Familiarity information: TRIGONAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having threefold symmetry
Synonyms:
rhombohedral; trigonal
Similar:
symmetric; symmetrical (having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts)
Domain category:
crystallography (the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals)
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