tetrahedral
adjective
tet·ra·he·dral
ˌte-trə-ˈhē-drəl 
1
: being a polyhedral angle with four faces
2
: relating to, forming, or having the form of a tetrahedron
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Islam ran experiments on three different microplastics shapes (spherical, tetrahedral and cylindrical) and sizes (1.6, 2.56 and 5.56 microns).
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Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
At a factory in Give, a small town near the middle of Jutland, workers with welding tools are gearing up to produce massive tetrahedral structures, designed by Mr. Stiesdal, that will serve as bases for floating wind turbines.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 13 May 2023
For this pyramid, sheer size is not the real superlative; Vegas, after all, has its own, even larger tetrahedral hotel.
—Boyce Upholt, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2022
Relatively small tetrahedral kite in flight.
—Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2021
The breakthrough came when a friend gave him a cheap tetrahedral kite.
—Joshua Davis, WIRED, 1 June 2003
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Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
At a factory in Give, a small town near the middle of Jutland, workers with welding tools are gearing up to produce massive tetrahedral structures, designed by Mr. Stiesdal, that will serve as bases for floating wind turbines.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 13 May 2023
For this pyramid, sheer size is not the real superlative; Vegas, after all, has its own, even larger tetrahedral hotel.
—Boyce Upholt, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2022
Relatively small tetrahedral kite in flight.
—Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2021
The breakthrough came when a friend gave him a cheap tetrahedral kite.
—Joshua Davis, WIRED, 1 June 2003
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“Tetrahedral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tetrahedral. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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