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What does trigonal mean?

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Adjective
  1. Triangular.
  2. (crystallography) Of or pertaining to a crystal system with three equal and equally inclined but not perpendicular axes.
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The second morphotype which comprises all illustrated paratypes, bears an outer cyst surface with trigonal pointed crystal tips.
The models explain the trigonal pyramidal shape of fibroblast growth factor and provide a basis for interpretation of protein crystal structures.
The triangular habit suggested trigonal symmetry and a possible identification as hilairite or a contact-twinned form of gaidonnayite.
The horns are trigonal, laterally compressed and knotted on the upper edge.
The auricles in early ontogeny are relatively large and distinctly trigonal, with their free margins meeting the hinge line at acute angles.
Rhodochrosite crystallizes in the trigonal class of the hexagonal system and occurs in a number of diverse forms.

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