Definitions for trigonal

trigonal trig·o·nal

Spelling: [trig-uh-nl]
IPA: /ˈtrɪg ə nl/

Trigonal is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 422 anagrams from letters in trigonal (agilnort).

Definitions for trigonal

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle; having three angles; triangular.
  2. Crystallography. having threefold symmetry.

Origin of trigonal

First recorded in 1560-70; trigon + -al1

Examples for trigonal

trigonal trapezohedron (fig. 74), bounded by six trapezoidal faces.

When the whorls are angulated, a trigonal aperture is the result, as in many species of Trochus.

All the prisms are trigonal prisms; and perpendicular to these are two pedions.

Fig. 73 represents a crystal of tourmaline with the trigonal prism , hexagonal prism , and a trigonal pyramid at each end.

The cartilage placed in a trigonal pit with a small external ligament.

All other forms, in which the faces are neither parallel nor perpendicular to the triad axis, are trigonal pyramids.

Parietes ribbed, mottled purplish-red; orifice broad, trigonal, hardly toothed.

The leaves are trigonal; they are very short, and they are laid over each other like scales in four rows.

Mactracea (plates, fig. 77 to 88), the cartilage placed in a trigonal pit, with a small external ligament.

The horns are trigonal, laterally compressed and knotted on the upper edge.

Word Value for trigonal
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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