Trapezohedron

Quick meaning: Trapezohedron is a noun meaning (geometry, crystallography) Any of a class of polyhedra that have kite-shaped faces and are dual polyhedra of antiprisms.

Meaning

(geometry, crystallography) Any of a class of polyhedra that have kite-shaped faces and are dual polyhedra of antiprisms.

More Meanings

1. (crystallography) A deltoidal icositetrahedron.

Example Sentences

This trapezohedron, or antidiamond, is composed of ten quadrilaterals. In each quadrilateral, three of the angles are 108° and one is 36°.

The general form is called the tetragonal trapezohedron. In this case also there are both left- (Fig. 97) and right-handed (Fig. 98) forms.

A trapezohedron has 24 equal faces, each a four-sided figure or trapezium. Unlike the forms already described, which are always the same, there are several different trapezohedrons, all having the same number of faces but differing in the angles between the faces.

Word Forms

• trapezohedra
• trapezohedrons

Synonyms for trapezohedron

Depending on context, synonyms include deltohedron.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include trigonal, trapezium, trapazoid, trapezoid, trihedron, antiprism.

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