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dihedral group

dihedral group noun: a group of symmetries of a regular polygon.

dihedral group: a group of symmetries of a regular polygon
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Noun

dihedral group (plural dihedral groups)

  1. a group of symmetries of a regular polygon

dihedral group meaning in Tamil

dihedral group in Tamil

இருமுகக் குலம்

Forms of dihedral group

pluraldihedral groups

Origin of dihedral group

From di- and -hedron; so called because the polygon, when it can be reflected along certain axes of symmetry, has two faces: its upper side and its underside.

Questions about dihedral group

What does dihedral group mean?
Dihedral group means a group of symmetries of a regular polygon.
What is dihedral group in Tamil?
Dihedral group in Tamil is இருமுகக் குலம். See Dihedral group meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dihedral group?
Dihedral group is a noun.
What is the plural of dihedral group?
The plural of dihedral group is dihedral groups.

Words near dihedral group in the dictionary

  1. dihectagons
  2. dihedra
  3. dihedral
  4. dihedral angle
  5. dihedral angles
  6. dihedral group
  7. dihedral groups
  8. dihedrals
  9. dihedron
  10. dihedrons
  11. dihelium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dihedral group (page history and authors); dihedral group (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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