polytetrahedral

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English

Etymology

poly- +‎ tetrahedral

Adjective

polytetrahedral (not comparable)

  1. Composed of many tetrahedra
    • 2015, Chengjie Xia, Jindong Li, Yixin Cao, Binquan Kou, Xinaghui Xiao, Kamel Fezzaa, Tiqiao Xiao, Yujie Wang, “The structural origin of the hard-sphere glass transition in granular packing”, in Nature Communications[1], volume 2015:
      This polytetrahedral order is spatially correlated with the slow dynamics.