tetrahedral

adjective

tet·​ra·​he·​dral ˌte-trə-ˈhē-drəl How to pronounce tetrahedral (audio)
1
: being a polyhedral angle with four faces
2
: relating to, forming, or having the form of a tetrahedron
tetrahedrally adverb

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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). 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

Word History

First Known Use

1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tetrahedral was in 1794

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“Tetrahedral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tetrahedral. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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