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Latin
Etymology
octaedron (“octahedron”) + -icus (“-al”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
octaëdricus (feminine octaëdrica, neuter octaëdricum); first/second-declension adjective
- octahedral, of or pertaining to an octahedron
1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, page 17:Nihil itague profecimus nisi pateat modus, guo calor internus guttam vapidam in tribus diametris, forma octaedrica vel certe sexangula firmet, ut ad eas fiat materiae per condensationem collectio.- And so we have made no progress unless a way is open, in which the internal heat hardens the vaporous drop in three dimensions in an octahedral or certainly a six-angled shape, so that an accumulation of material can be made to them through condensation.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.