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

In both aldehydes and ketones, the geometry around the carbon atom in the carbonyl group is trigonal planar; the carbon atom exhibits sp2 hybridization.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The ideal bond angles in a trigonal pyramid are based on the tetrahedral electron pair geometry.

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 Gray, Asa