📖 Definitions of "Anhedral"
noun
- 1
The downward slope of an aircraft’s wing
adjective
- 1
Lacking sharp, recognisable crystal faces.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| euhedral | (mineralogy) Having sharp, recognisable crystal faces. |
| subhedral | (mineralogy) Having some crystal faces and some grainy surfaces; neither entirely euhedral nor entirely anhedral. |
| xenomorphic | In an unusual form; having a strange form. |
| aphantic | (geology) Of a rock sample: compact, crystalline and too fine-grained in texture for its constituents to be identifiable. |
| xenotopic | (geology) Having anhedral crystals |
| massive | Very large in size or extent. |
| cryptomorphic | Having a form that obscures or masks the underlying meaning or purpose. |
| emarginatenoun | (zoology, anatomy) Having a margin that has concave edges as though with parts removed or notched. |
| automorphic | (mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular. |
| cryptocrystallinenoun | (petrology) A rock of this kind. |
| microaphanitic | (geology) Synonym of cryptocrystalline. |
| idiomorphous | having a unique, characteristic form |
| automorph | Alternative form of automorphic. [(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic.] |
| hypocrystallinenoun | (geology, of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components |
| vincinal | Of, belonging to, or restricted to a limited area or neighborhood; local. |
| phaneromeric | (geology) formed of minerals that can be distinguished with the naked eye |
| macrocrystallinenoun | (geology) Having crystals that are visible without the use of magnification |
| aphanitic | (geology, petrology) Pertaining to aphanites, igneous rocks composed of microscopic mineral crystals (fine grains too small to be visible to the naked eye. |
| pseudocrystallinenoun | Having the form of a pseudocrystal. |
| holocrystalline | (mineralogy) Completely crystalline; said of a rock like granite, all of whose constituents are crystalline. |
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