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5-cells

5-cells is the plural of 5-cell.

Meaning of 5-cell

Noun

5-cell (plural 5-cells)

  1. A four-dimensional polytope, analogous to a tetrahedron, whose five bounding facets are tetrahedra.
    • In every vertex of the 5-cell, 8-cell and 120-cell there are 4 concurring edges; in every vertex of the 24-cell, 8 edges.1896, American Journal of Mathematics, page 181
    Synonyms:
    4-simplex, pentachoron, pentahedroid, pentatope, tetrahedral pyramid

Questions about 5-cells

What is 5-cells the plural of?
5-cells is the plural of 5-cell.

Words near 5-cells in the dictionary

  1. 5 percenter
  2. 5 percenters
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  4. 5-ASA
  5. 5-cell
  6. 5-cells
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  8. 5-em spaces
  9. 5-gon
  10. 5-gons
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