octakaidecahedron
octakaidecahedron noun: synonym of octadecahedron.
Noun
octakaidecahedron (plural octakaidecahedra)
- Synonym of octadecahedron.
- The compound is a clathrate hydrate, and the most notable feature of the water framework is a novel polyhedral cage, the 18-hedron (octakaidecahedron),[…]1966 November 28, R. K. McMullan, Truman H. Jordan, G. A. Jeffrey, “Polyhedral Clathrate Hydrates. XII. The Crystallographic Data on Hydrates of Ethylamine, Dimethylamine, Trimethylamine...
- The most interesting feature here is the appearance of a new type of polyhedral cage, the 18-hedron or octakaidecahedron (see Fig. 115).1967, Structure Reports, page 289
- Synonyms:
- octadecahedron
Examples of octakaidecahedron in a sentence
- It is an octakaidecahedron consisting of a pair of (004) square faces[…]1985 December 2, V Ramamurthy, “Electron-phonon interactions in bct white tin”, in Pramana, volume 26, pages 525–542:
- […]so that the two can be regarded as single face, with the periphery more accurately described as a polyhedron with 12 vertices and 18 faces, an octakaidecahedron[…]2014, Elena Forcén Vázquez, Metal Citrate Cubanes: Synthesis, Characterization and Properties, thesis, Universidad de Zaragoza:
- In the present case, it is an octakaidecahedron with 12 vertices and 18 faces.[…]formed by the oxygen atoms of the peripheral octakaidecahedron,[…]2014 April 11, Larry R. Falvello, Elena Forcén-Vázquez, Fernando Palacio, Sergio Sanz, Milagros Tomásc, “A discrete neutral...
Synonyms of octakaidecahedron
Forms of octakaidecahedron
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Origin of octakaidecahedron
From octa- (“eight”) + -kai- (“and”) + deca- (“ten”) + -hedron.
Questions about octakaidecahedron
- What does octakaidecahedron mean?
- Octakaidecahedron means synonym of octadecahedron.
- How do you use octakaidecahedron in a sentence?
- It is an octakaidecahedron consisting of a pair of (004) square faces[…]
- What part of speech is octakaidecahedron?
- Octakaidecahedron is a noun.
- What is the plural of octakaidecahedron?
- The plural of octakaidecahedron is octakaidecahedra.
Words near octakaidecahedron in the dictionary
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