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octahedral +‎ -ity

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octahedrality (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being octahedral.
    • 1988, Keith Critchlow, "Forward", The Theology of Arithmetic, Phanes Press, pages 15-16
      The geometrical basis of materiality consists of the tetrahedron or 'fourness' of fire or light, the octahedrality of 'sixness' of the gaseousness of air, the icosahedrality or 'twelveness' of the liquidity of water, and the cubic 'eightness' of the solid earthiness.