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What does trigonal mean?

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  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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In this case, the c-axis, or axis of trigonal symmetry, is vertical with respect to the organic substrate and hence to the wall itself.
These are, in order of decreasing symmetry, the cubic, hexagonal, tetragonal, trigonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic systems.
Pezzottaite is trigonal, whereas the other members of the beryl group are hexagonal.
Rhodochrosite crystallizes in the trigonal class of the hexagonal system and occurs in a number of diverse forms.
The horns are trigonal, laterally compressed and knotted on the upper edge.
The models explain the trigonal pyramidal shape of fibroblast growth factor and provide a basis for interpretation of protein crystal structures.

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