trigonal
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In typical alkenes, the carbons adopt a trigonal planar geometry, creating a flat structure around the double bond.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026
They believed the reason trigonal chloride electrolytes can achieve low ionic conductivity is based on the variation of metal ion arrangements within the structure.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
Silicon’s empty d orbitals and boron’s empty p orbital enable tetrahedral silicon compounds and trigonal planar boron compounds to act as Lewis acids.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
These properties relate to its structure, which consists of layers of carbon atoms, with each atom surrounded by three other carbon atoms in a trigonal planar arrangement.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Perianth on a short branch, mostly trigonal with the odd angle beneath.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
