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ideal polyhedron

ideal polyhedron noun: in hyperbolic geometry, a polyhedron whose vertices are all ideal; i.e. points at infinity, rather than real. Its surface is topologically equivalent to a punctured sphere.

ideal polyhedron: in hyperbolic geometry, a polyhedron whose vertices are all ideal; i.e. points at infinity, rather...
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Noun

ideal polyhedron (plural ideal polyhedrons or ideal polyhedra)

  1. In hyperbolic geometry, a polyhedron whose vertices are all ideal; i.e. points at infinity, rather than real. Its surface is topologically equivalent to a punctured sphere.

Forms of ideal polyhedron

pluralideal polyhedrons
pluralideal polyhedra

Questions about ideal polyhedron

What does ideal polyhedron mean?
Ideal polyhedron means in hyperbolic geometry, a polyhedron whose vertices are all ideal; i.e. points at infinity, rather than real. Its surface is topologically equivalent to a punctured sphere.
What part of speech is ideal polyhedron?
Ideal polyhedron is a noun.
What is the plural of ideal polyhedron?
The plural of ideal polyhedron is ideal polyhedrons.

Words near ideal polyhedron in the dictionary

  1. ideal number
  2. ideal numbers
  3. ideal point
  4. ideal points
  5. ideal polyhedra
  6. ideal polyhedron
  7. ideal polyhedrons
  8. ideal solution
  9. ideal solutions
  10. ideal triangle
  11. ideal triangles

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