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Webster 1913 Edition


Zirconoid

Zir′con-oid

,
Noun.
[
Zircon
+
oid
.]
(Crystallog.)
A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals; – so called because this form often occurs in crystals of
zircon
.

Definition 2024


zirconoid

zirconoid

English

Noun

zirconoid (plural zirconoids)

  1. (crystallography) A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals; — so called because this form often occurs in crystals of zircon.