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tetrakaidekahedron

English

Alternative forms

  • tetrakaidecahedron

Etymology

From tetrakaideka- +? -hedron.

Noun

tetrakaidekahedron (plural tetrakaidekahedrons or tetrakaidekahedra)

  1. (mathematics) A solid figure having fourteen faces.
    • 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 81:
      Two large flat surfaces and twelve edge facets make each squame a fourteen-sided solid or tetrakaidecahedron.

Related terms

  • tetrakaidekahedral

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

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tetrakaidekahedral

English

Etymology

From tetrakaideka- +? -hedral.

Adjective

tetrakaidekahedral (not comparable)

  1. In the form of a tetrakaidekahedron.
    • 1992, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, On Growth and Form
      These figures indicate the general symmetry of the cells, their departure from the dodecahedral, and their tendency towards the tetrakaidekahedral, form.

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