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Adjective- Having or made up of four sides.

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  • The lugsails are arranged in a tetrahedral, that is, each of the four lugsails is oriented exactly 109.47 degrees from the other three.
  • "That's a different kind," the Forecaster answered, "it's called a tetrahedral kite, and was invented by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.
  • An interesting tetrahedral formation on Mars . . .
  • Its undistorted tetrahedral chiral center bears four identical groups.
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