rhombohedral

1. 1.

   having threefold symmetry

   Synonymstrigonal

   Similarsymmetrical

   crystallography

Questions about rhombohedral

What does rhombohedral mean?

rhombohedral means "having threefold symmetry".

How many syllables are in rhombohedral?

rhombohedral has 4 syllables and divides as rhom-bo-he-dral under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for rhombohedral?

Close synonyms include trigonal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.