PYRITOHEDRAL

Etymology

Adjective

pyritohedral

Having the shape of pyrites.

(mathematics) Having the shape of a pyritohedron.

Source: Wiktionary


Pyr`i*to*he"dral, a. Etym: [See Pyritohedron.] (Crystallog.)

Definition: Like pyrites in hemihedral form.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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