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Hill tetrahedron

Hill tetrahedron noun: any of a certain family of space-filling tetrahedra that are scissor-congruent to a cube.

Noun

Hill tetrahedron (plural Hill tetrahedra)

  1. Any of a certain family of space-filling tetrahedra that are scissor-congruent to a cube.

Forms of Hill tetrahedron

pluralHill tetrahedra

Origin of Hill tetrahedron

Discovered in 1896 by M. J. M. Hill, professor of mathematics at the University College London.

Questions about Hill tetrahedron

What does Hill tetrahedron mean?
Hill tetrahedron means any of a certain family of space-filling tetrahedra that are scissor-congruent to a cube.
What part of speech is Hill tetrahedron?
Hill tetrahedron is a noun.
What is the plural of Hill tetrahedron?
The plural of Hill tetrahedron is Hill tetrahedra.

Words near Hill tetrahedron in the dictionary

  1. hill start
  2. hill starts
  3. hill station
  4. hill stations
  5. Hill tetrahedra
  6. Hill tetrahedron
  7. hill to die on
  8. Hill Top
  9. hill town
  10. hill towns
  11. hill-billy

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