(a.) Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers.
(a.) Having four prominent longitudinal angles.
(a.) Designating, or belonging to, a certain system of crystallization; dimetric. See Tetragonal system, under Crystallization.
Example Sentences:
(1) The crystals are tetragonal, with unit cell dimensions a = 48.9 A and c = 82.0 A, space group P 41 21 2 or P 43212.
(2) The morphological unit of the regular array appeared to consist of four spherical subunits, each about 2 nm in diameter, which were arranged in a tetragonal pattern about 4.5 by 7.0 nm in dimension.
(3) Two different tetragonal crystal forms have been characterized, both diffracting to about 6 A using synchrotron radiation.
(4) The outer structured layer was a linear array of particles overlying an inner tetragonal array of larger subunits.
(5) An activity assay of redissolved tetragonal form crystals indicates that the uncleaved, functional serpin has been crystallized.
(6) The A ring of the steroid in the tetragonal crystal was found to be disordered, and exists in both a normal and inverted conformation.
(7) One was in a hexagonal array, and the other was in a tetragonal array.
(8) The crystals are tetragonal rods with unit cell dimensions a = 128.6 A, c = 92.5 A.
(9) A hydrated cobalt ion is found to coordinate to two N7 atoms of adjacent guanines, forcing these two guanines to destack with a large dihedral angle (32 degrees), in the dimer of the tetragonal form.
(10) These tubules are clearly distinguishable by their shape and fine structure from the periodic structure of a P. rhodos cell wall layer, which exhibits a tetragonal pattern, and also from polyheads and polysheaths of defective bacteriophages.
(11) The structure crystallizes in the tetragonal space group P41 with a = 8.225 (5) and c = 28.42 (1) A.
(12) This truncated S-protein was exported via the periplasm to the cell surface, but could not self-assemble into a tetragonal array or be anchored to the cell surface.
(13) Bacillus sphaericus strain P-1 has previously been shown to have a tetragonally arrayed (T layer) protein which forms the outer layer of the cell wall.
(14) Its three-dimensional structure from two different crystal forms (tetragonal and trigonal) has been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis at 1 A resolution.
(15) Both crystal forms are tetragonal, the space group for form I is P4(1)22 (or P4(3)22), and that for form II is P4(2)22.
(16) Density variations suggest an arrangement of subunits, either tetragonal or trigonal, viewed from a variety of angles about the DNA axis.
(17) The binuclear copper site is characterized as two tetragonal Cu(II) atoms bridged by both an endogenous protein ligand and the exogenous ligand (i.e., peroxide), with the lack of an electron paramagnetic resonance signal being the result of antiferromagnetic exchange via the endogenous bridge.
(18) The crystals are tetragonal, show the symmetry of space group P4(1) or its enantiomer, have lattice constants of a = 58.46 (1) and c = 77.02 (3) A, and scatter to at least 2 A resolution.
(19) These elevations were distributed according to a tetragonal pattern with a periodicity of 850 A.
(20) Crystals are tetragonal, with space group P42(1)2, a = b = 171 A, c = 150 A in the absence of ATP; and P422, a = b = 101 A, c = 114.4 A in the presence of ATP.
Zircon
Definition:
(n.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Modern ultrasonic transducers mainly employ lead zirconate titanate (PZT) but vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene copolymer (P (VDF-TrPE)) is becoming more competitive.
(2) The application of zircon (ZrSiO4) that has high refractoriness, high thermal conductivity and a low coefficient of thermal expansion, to quick casting investment was studied.
(3) Disk-shaped implants of spinel, alumina, mullite, zircon, a cast Co-Cr-Mo alloy, and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), were implanted in the paraspinalis muscle of 12 adult, male, white New Zealand rabbits.
(4) Some samples of red mud, phosphogypsum, zircon products and fly ash did show higher levels of radioactivity than would be acceptable on the basis of a criterion formula for gamma-ray activity suggested for use in some OECD countries.
(5) An Ontario plant with 101 workers, producing and using the ceramic compound lead titanate zirconate (LTZ), was investigated.
(6) The acoustic emission from cavitation in the field of an extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter has been studied using a lead zirconate titanate piezoceramic (PC4) hydrophone in the form of a 100-mm diameter focused bowl of 120-mm focal length.
(7) Further heating changed surface structure and led to zircon production in the zirconia fibres.
(8) 2) Dainainvest (Ohara) mainly containing zircon indicated the reduction in surface roughness due to coating.
(9) Small casting of pure titanium and K-metal could be done successfully by the quick casting method using the zircon-phosphoric acid investments.
(10) Results were as follows: 1) The refractory compositions of seven commercialized coating materials were composed of alpha-quartz (SiO2), zircon (ZrSiO4) and zirconium oxide (ZrO2).
(11) The transducer usually consists of a piezoelectric crystal composed of such ceramic materials as barium titanate, lead titanate, zirconate, or lead metaniobate.
(12) Working processes using zircon sand in a factory producing refractory material were studied from the point of view of radiation protection.
(13) Zircon sand contains high concentrations of natural radionuclides and is a typical example of an enhanced source.
(14) Although zircon was slightly observed on the cast surface, the product of reaction was not detected.
(15) Formulation of zircon slurry for coating was zircon flower #600 30%, zircon flower #350 10%, and zircon sand CP 60%, and that for sanding was zircon flower #200.
(16) Immediately after coating with zircon slurry, the coating layer was dried, sintered and dewaxed by thermal shock.
(17) A new family of materials consisting of lead lanthanium zirconate titanate (PLZT) has evolved from recent advances in ferroelectric ceramics.
(18) We used a flat or focused, 10 mm diameter transducer made of lead zirconate-titanate with a resonant frequency of 2 or 3 MHz at a repetition rate of 3.6 kHz.
(19) 3) Liquid investment (Nobilium) and Paint investment (Shofu) having about equal amounts of alpha-quartz and zircon showed as reduction in surface roughness as Dainainvest.
(20) Various zircon powders and phosphoric acid solutions were tested with respect to the higher thermal shock resistance.