Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PER-I-OC-TA-HE'DRAL
PER-I-OC-TA-HE'DRAL, a. [Gr. περι and octahedral.]
Designating a crystal whose primitive form is a four-sided prism, and in its secondary form is converted into a prism of eight sides.
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