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hexakisoctahedrons

hexakisoctahedrons is the plural of hexakisoctahedron.

Meaning of hexakisoctahedron

Noun

hexakisoctahedron (plural hexakisoctahedra or hexakisoctahedrons)

  1. A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.
    • The second is a hemihedral combination of which no corresponding homohedral variety has been discovered, and no hemihexakisoctahedrons have been found to correspond with the rest of the known hexakisoctahedrons, § 408.1841, John Joseph Griffin, “Principles of Crystallography”, in A System of Crystallography, with Its Application to Mineralogy, Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company. And Thomas Tegg, London, section...
    Synonyms:
    hexoctahedron, tetracontaoctahedron

Questions about hexakisoctahedrons

What is hexakisoctahedrons the plural of?
Hexakisoctahedrons is the plural of hexakisoctahedron.

Words near hexakisoctahedrons in the dictionary

  1. hexaketocyclohexane
  2. hexakis-
  3. hexakisadduct
  4. hexakisoctahedra
  5. hexakisoctahedron
  6. hexakisoctahedrons
  7. hexakisphosphate
  8. hexakisphosphates
  9. hexakistetrahedra
  10. hexakistetrahedron
  11. hexakistetrahedrons

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