Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEX-DU-O-DEC'IM-AL
SEX-DU-O-DEC'IM-AL, a. [L. sex, six, and duodecim, twelve.]
In crystalography, designating a crystal when the prism or each middle part has six faces and two summits, having together twelve faces.
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