pentahedron
/ˌpɛntaˈhiːdɹən/
pentahedron noun: a polyhedron with five faces.
Noun
pentahedron (plural pentahedra or pentahedrons)
- A polyhedron with five faces.
- Their tent was too small for them to stand, a long but low pentahedron, in shape like the triangular glass prism Saeed used to have as a child, with which he would refract sunlight into little rainbows.2017, Mohsin Hamid, Exit West, Hamish Hamilton, page 106
pentahedron meaning in Tamil and Tagalog
pentahedron in Tamil
- ஐந்து முகப்புக்கள் கொண்ட பிழம்புரு
pentahedron in Tagalog
- solid geometric figure
- limdayag
Forms of pentahedron
| plural | pentahedra |
|---|---|
| plural | pentahedrons |
Origin of pentahedron
From penta- + -hedron.
Words that rhyme with pentahedron
Questions about pentahedron
- What does pentahedron mean?
- Pentahedron means a polyhedron with five faces.
- What is pentahedron in Tamil?
- Pentahedron in Tamil is ஐந்து முகப்புக்கள் கொண்ட பிழம்புரு. See Pentahedron meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pentahedron?
- Pentahedron is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pentahedron?
- Pentahedron is pronounced /ˌpɛntaˈhiːdɹən/.
- What is the plural of pentahedron?
- The plural of pentahedron is pentahedra.
Words near pentahedron in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pentahedron (page history and authors); pentahedron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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