bicapped

Adjective

Meaning

(mathematics, of a prism) Having a cap (in the shape of a pyramid) at each end

(chemistry, of a molecule) Having the shape of such a prism

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Examples

Brown-colored protactinium(III) iodide has been reported where protactinium ions are 8-coordinated in a bicapped trigonal prismatic arrangement. Source: Internet

The EsF 3 crystal structure is hexagonal, as in californium(III) fluoride (CfF 3 ) where the Es 3+ ions are 8-fold coordinated by fluorine ions in a bicapped trigonal prism arrangement. Source: Internet

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