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holyhedra

holyhedra is the plural of holyhedron.

Meaning of holyhedron

Noun

holyhedron (plural holyhedra)

  1. A polyhedron with a finite number of faces and with a polygonal hole in every face, the holes' boundaries sharing no point with each other or the face's boundary.
    • John Conway of Princeton University offered a reward in the 1990s to anyone producing a holyhedron, a polyhedron with a finite number of faces and with a hole in every face. […] Conway had predicted that someone will eventually find a holyhedron with fewer than 100 faces.1969, Charles Miller, Vern Heeren, John Hornsby, Margaret Morrow, Jill Van Newenhizen, Mathematical Ideas, 11th edition

Questions about holyhedra

What is holyhedra the plural of?
Holyhedra is the plural of holyhedron.

Words near holyhedra in the dictionary

  1. holydays
  2. holyers
  3. Holyfield
  4. Holyfields
  5. Holyhead
  6. holyhedra
  7. holyhedron
  8. holyish
  9. Holyland
  10. Holymoorside
  11. Holymoorside and Walton

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