octahedron

octahedron

oc·ta·he·dron

O0026400 (ŏk′tə-hē′drən)n. pl. oc·ta·he·drons or oc·ta·he·dra (-drə) A polyhedron with eight faces.

[Greek oktaedron, from neuter of oktaedros, having eight sides : okta-, octo- + -edros, sided; see -hedron.]

octahedron

octohedron

n, pl -drons or -dra (-drə) (Mathematics) a solid figure having eight plane faces

oc•ta•he•dron

(ˌɒk təˈhi drən)

n., pl. -drons, -dra (-drə). a solid figure having eight faces. [1560–70; < Greek oktáedron eight-sided =okta- octa- + -edron -hedron] oc`ta•he′dral, adj.

oc·ta·he·dron

(ŏk′tə-hē′drən) A three-dimensional geometric figure with eight triangular faces.

Thesaurus

Noun

octahedron - any polyhedron having eight plane facespolyhedron - a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces

Translations

octahedron

octahedron:

see polyhedronpolyhedron
, closed solid bounded by plane faces; each face of a polyhedron is a polygon. A cube is a polyhedron bounded by six polygons (in this case squares) meeting at right angles.
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octahedron

[‚ak·tə′hē·drən] (mathematics) A polyhedron having eight faces, each of which is an equilateral triangle.

octahedron

a solid figure having eight plane faces

octahedron

Related to octahedron: tetrahedron

noun

Words related to octahedron

noun any polyhedron having eight plane faces

Related Words

polyhedron

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