English Explanatory Dictionary

adamantoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A crystal characterized by being bound by 48 equal triangles; a hexoctahedron.

Word forms

adamantoid adamantoids

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “form”).

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