eightling

Noun

(crystallography) A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals, such as are common with rutile.

Japanese Meaning

結晶学用語で、8個の結晶体が結合してできた複合結晶または双晶を指す。

The museum exhibited a rare eightling of rutile, its eight individuals radiating like a tiny metallic star.

博物館は希少なルチルの八連晶を展示しており、八つの構成結晶が小さな金属の星のように放射状に並んでいた。

Sense（1）

(crystallography) A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals, such as are common with rutile.

eightlings

（ plural ）