different between tetragonal vs braunite

English

Etymology

tetragon +? -al

Adjective

tetragonal (not comparable)

1. Having four sides, like a tetragon.

   Synonym: quadrilateral

2. (crystallography) Having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°.

Coordinate terms

• triclinic
• monoclinic
• orthorhombic
• hexagonal
• rhombohedral
• cubic

Derived terms

• ditetragonal
• tetragonal disphenoid

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

tetràgon +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /t?.t??.?o?nal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /t?.t??.?u?nal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /te.t?a.?o?nal/

Adjective

tetragonal (masculine and feminine plural tetragonals)

1. tetragonal, quadrilateral

   Synonyms: tetràgon, quadrilàter

Further reading

• “tetragonal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tetragonal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tetragonal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tetragonal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

tetrágono +? -al

Adjective

tetragonal m or f (plural tetragonais)

1. tetragonal

Further reading

• “tetragonal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

tetragonal (not comparable)

1. (crystallography) tetragonal

Declension

Synonyms

• viereckig

Related terms

• trigonal
• hexagonal

Further reading

• “tetragonal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “tetragonal” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French tétragonale

Adjective

tetragonal m or n (feminine singular tetragonal?, masculine plural tetragonali, feminine and neuter plural tetragonale)

1. tetragonal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

tetrágono +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tet?a?o?nal/, [t?e.t??a.??o?nal]

Adjective

tetragonal (plural tetragonales)

1. tetragonal

Further reading

• “tetragonal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Braun +? -ite after alderman Braun of Gotha, Thuringia, Germany.

Noun

braunite (countable and uncountable, plural braunites)

1. (mineralogy) A silicate mineral containing divalent and trivalent manganese and forming grey-black tetragonal crystals.

Translations

Anagrams

• burinate, urbanite