Polyhedron Definition

pŏlē-hēdrən
polyhedra, polyhedrons
noun
A solid bounded by polygons.
American Heritage
A solid figure with usually more than six plane surfaces.
Webster's New World

(optics) A polyscope, or multiplying glass.

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Hyponyms.
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See also polyhedron.
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Other Word Forms of Polyhedron

Noun

Singular:
polyhedron
Plural:
polyhedra, polyhedrons

Origin of Polyhedron

  • From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύεδρον (poluedron), from πολύς (polus, “many") + ἕδρα (hedra, “seat"); compare French polyèdre.

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Polyhedron Sentence Examples

  • More briefly, the figure may be defined as a polyhedron with two parallel faces containing all the vertices.

  • Probably the best way to make a sphere is to make a polyhedron with a large number of sides.

  • The points thus obtained are evidently the vertices of a polyhedron with plane faces.

  • Each stage of refinement defines a new, denser, polyhedron whose vertices are related to local sets of vertices of the original.

  • In the first place, each of these figures may be conceived as an orthogonal projection of a closed plane-faced polyhedron.

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Words Starting With

PPOPOL

Words Ending With

NONRON

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polyhedron

Words Starting With P and Ending With N

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