tetrahedral

Adjective modifier

• e.g.: Locating specific metal coordination geometries, e.g. tetrahedral rather than square planar.

Modifies a noun

• mesh: A volume data set is often modeled by decomposing its domain through a tetrahedral mesh with vertices at the data points.
• geometry: Ice is usually composed of a lattice of water molecules arranged with perfect tetrahedral geometry.
• angle: The H-C-H bond angles are all 109 ° 28 ' ( approximately 109.5 ° ). This is called the tetrahedral bond angle.
• arrangement: Four electron pairs arrange themselves in space in what is called a tetrahedral arrangement.
• structure: In diamond, each carbon atom is bonded to four other carbon atoms in a tetrahedral structure, like a pyramid.
• site: The cations are arranged into a face centered cubic structure with the anions occupying the tetrahedral sites.

Preposition: in

• shape: Here's another example... The chloromethane molecule, CH 3 Cl molecule is tetrahedral in shape.