Polyhedron
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌpɒlɪˈhiːdɹən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Polyhedron is a noun meaning (geometry) A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.
Meaning
(geometry) A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.
More Meanings
- (optics) A polyscope, or multiplying glass.
- (botany) A stage in the growth of Hydrodictyon, when the resting spore breaks up into several megazoospores that put out horn-like appendages; these polyhedra break up into zoospores.
Example Sentences
Of the convex polyhedra with regular faces, the only ones that have tetrahedral, octahedral, or icosahedral symmetry are the Platonic and Archimedean solids.
Word Forms
- polyhedra
- polyhedrons
- polyedron
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include polyedron, pentahedron, holyhedron, deltahedron, pentagonohedron, dihedron.
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