adverb
- in a tetrahedral manner; having the shape or arrangement of a tetrahedron
Usage: chemistry; geometry
Examples
- The carbon atom is tetrahedrally coordinated in methane.
- The molecules are arranged tetrahedrally around the central atom.
- Water molecules bond tetrahedrally in ice crystals.
- The compound’s atoms are positioned tetrahedrally in space.
- Silicon atoms are tetrahedrally bonded to oxygen atoms in quartz.
- The crystal structure shows atoms distributed tetrahedrally.