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hosohedron

hosohedron noun: a tessellation of lunes on a spherical surface, such that each lune shares the same two vertices.

Noun

hosohedron (plural hosohedra)

  1. A tessellation of lunes on a spherical surface, such that each lune shares the same two vertices.

Forms of hosohedron

pluralhosohedra

Origin of hosohedron

From Ancient Greek ὅσος (hósos, “as much as”) + -hedron, in the sense of "as many faces as desired".

Questions about hosohedron

What does hosohedron mean?
Hosohedron means a tessellation of lunes on a spherical surface, such that each lune shares the same two vertices.
What part of speech is hosohedron?
Hosohedron is a noun.
What is the plural of hosohedron?
The plural of hosohedron is hosohedra.

Words near hosohedron in the dictionary

  1. Hosmans
  2. Hosmer
  3. Hosogawa
  4. Hosogawas
  5. hosohedra
  6. hosohedron
  7. Hosokawa
  8. Hosokawas
  9. hosomaki
  10. Hosororo
  11. hosp

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