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holyhedron

holyhedron noun: 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.

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

Forms of holyhedron

pluralholyhedra

Origin of holyhedron

Blend of hole or holey and polyhedron

Questions about holyhedron

What does holyhedron mean?
Holyhedron means 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.
What part of speech is holyhedron?
Holyhedron is a noun.
What is the plural of holyhedron?
The plural of holyhedron is holyhedra.

Words near holyhedron in the dictionary

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

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