Dictionary entry

Tetrahedral

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tet′ra‐he″dral (?), a. [See Tetrahedron.] 1. Having, or composed of, four sides.

2. (Crystallog.) (a) Having the form of the regular tetrahedron. (b) Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the system of hemihedral forms to which the tetrahedron belongs.

Tetrahedral angle(Geom.), a solid angle bounded or inclosed by four plane angles.