tetragonal

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See also: tétragonal

English

A simple tetragonal shape (2)

Etymology

From tetragon +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tetragonal (not comparable)

  1. Having four sides, like a tetragon.
    Synonym: quadrilateral
  2. (crystallography) Having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°.
    • 1895, Nevil Story-Maskelyne, Crystallography: A Treatise on the Morphology of Crystals, page 255:
      The eight normals of the tetragonal scalenohedron may carry the eight faces of a semiform in other ways than asymmetrically as regards the systematic planes.

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Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From tetràgon +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tetragonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tetragonals)

  1. tetragonal, quadrilateral
    Synonyms: tetràgon, quadrilàter

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From tetrágono +‎ -al.

Adjective

tetragonal m or f (plural tetragonais)

  1. tetragonal

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

tetragonal (strong nominative masculine singular tetragonaler, not comparable)

  1. (crystallography) tetragonal
    Synonym: viereckig

Declension

Positive forms of tetragonal (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist tetragonal sie ist tetragonal es ist tetragonal sie sind tetragonal
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative tetragonaler tetragonale tetragonales tetragonale
genitive tetragonalen tetragonaler tetragonalen tetragonaler
dative tetragonalem tetragonaler tetragonalem tetragonalen
accusative tetragonalen tetragonale tetragonales tetragonale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der tetragonale die tetragonale das tetragonale die tetragonalen
genitive des tetragonalen der tetragonalen des tetragonalen der tetragonalen
dative dem tetragonalen der tetragonalen dem tetragonalen den tetragonalen
accusative den tetragonalen die tetragonale das tetragonale die tetragonalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein tetragonaler eine tetragonale ein tetragonales (keine) tetragonalen
genitive eines tetragonalen einer tetragonalen eines tetragonalen (keiner) tetragonalen
dative einem tetragonalen einer tetragonalen einem tetragonalen (keinen) tetragonalen
accusative einen tetragonalen eine tetragonale ein tetragonales (keine) tetragonalen

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tétragonale. By surface analysis, tetragon +‎ -al.

Adjective

tetragonal m or n (feminine singular tetragonală, masculine plural tetragonali, feminine and neuter plural tetragonale)

  1. tetragonal

Declension

Declension of tetragonal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite tetragonal tetragonală tetragonali tetragonale
definite tetragonalul tetragonala tetragonalii tetragonalele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite tetragonal tetragonale tetragonali tetragonale
definite tetragonalului tetragonalei tetragonalilor tetragonalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From tetrágono +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tetɾaɡoˈnal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: te‧tra‧go‧nal

Adjective

tetragonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tetragonales)

  1. tetragonal

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