Tetrahedral \Tet`ra*he"dral\, a. [See Tetrahedron.]
1. Having, or composed of, four sides.
2. (Crystallog.) (a) Having the form of the regular tetrahedron. (b) Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the
system of hemihedral forms to which the tetrahedron
belongs.
Tetrahedral angle (Geom.), a solid angle bounded or
inclosed by four plane angles.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |