See Also: octahedral(medicine)
octahedral(dictionary)

octahedral (iou)



octahedral adjective. Also octohedral. M18.
[from late Latin octa(h)edros from Greek oktaedros: see OCTAHEDRON, -AL1.]
Having the form of an octahedron; having eight plane (esp. triangular) faces.
octahedrally adverb L19.
octahedrical adjective (rare) = OCTAHEDRAL M17.