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octahedron

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (okt?, eight) + ???? (hédra, seat).

Noun

octahedron (plural octahedra or octahedrons)

  1. (geometry) a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.

Related terms

  • octahedral

Translations

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tetrahedron

English

Alternative forms

  • tetraedrum (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (tetráedron, triangle-based pyramid), from ?????????? (tetráedros), from ?????? (tetrás, four) + ???? (hédra, seat); synchronically analyzable as tetra- +? -hedron.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: t?tr?h?'dr?n, IPA(key): /t?t???hi?d??n/

Noun

tetrahedron (plural tetrahedrons or tetrahedra)

  1. (geometry) A polyhedron with four faces; the regular tetrahedron, the faces of which are equal equilateral triangles, is one of the Platonic solids.

Derived terms

Translations

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