Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for QUAD-RI-DEC'I-MAL
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QUAD-RI-DEC'I-MAL, a. [L. quadra and decem.]
In crystalography, designating a crystal whose prism or the middle part has four faces and two summits, containing together ten faces.
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