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polyhedron

/ˌpɒlɪˈhiːdɹən//ˌpɑliˈhidɹən/

polyhedron noun: a solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.

polyhedron: a solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges
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Noun

polyhedron (plural polyhedra or polyhedrons)

  1. A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.
    • Of the convex polyhedra with regular faces, the only ones that have tetrahedral, octahedral, or icosahedral symmetry are the Platonic and Archimedean solids.1966, Norman W. Johnson, “Convex Polyhedra with Regular Faces”, in Canadian Journal of Mathematics, volume XVIII, number I, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, page 181
  2. A polyscope, or multiplying glass.
  3. A stage in the growth of Hydrodictyon, when the resting spore breaks up into several megazoospores that put out horn-like appendages; these polyhedra break up into zoospores.

polyhedron meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Tagalog

polyhedron in Hindi

geometry: solid figure
बहुफलक bahuphalak

polyhedron in Tamil

பன்முகத்திண்மம், பன்முகம், பன்முகி

polyhedron in Malayalam

ബഹുഫലകം

polyhedron in Tagalog

geometry: solid figure
damdayag
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polyhedron in Vietnamese
đa diện

Examples of polyhedron in a sentence

  • There are elegant theorems and deep connections with polytopes, polyhedra, combinatorics, commutative algebra, symplectic geometry, and topology.
  • The regular polyhedra include the five Platonic solids and the four Kepler-Poinsot solids.
  • This polyhedron has I symmetry and can therefore be constructed in left- and right-handed forms.

All 18 example sentences with polyhedron

Forms of polyhedron

pluralpolyhedra
pluralpolyhedrons
alternative formpolyedron

Plural of polyhedron: polyhedra or polyhedrons

Origin of polyhedron

From New Latin polyedron, from Ancient Greek πολύεδρος (polúedros, “having many seats”), from πολυ- (polu-, “many”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”); compare French polyèdre. By surface analysis, poly- + -hedron.

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Questions about polyhedron

What does polyhedron mean?
Polyhedron means a solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.
What is polyhedron in Hindi?
Polyhedron in Hindi is बहुफलक (bahuphalak). See Polyhedron meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is polyhedron?
Polyhedron is a noun.
How do you pronounce polyhedron?
Polyhedron is pronounced /ˌpɒlɪˈhiːdɹən/ (UK).
What is the plural of polyhedron?
The plural of polyhedron is polyhedra.

Words near polyhedron in the dictionary

  1. polyhedrin
  2. polyhedrins
  3. polyhedroid
  4. polyhedroids
  5. polyhedrometry
  6. polyhedron
  7. polyhedrons
  8. polyhedroses
  9. polyhedrosis
  10. polyhedrous
  11. polyhedrovirus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polyhedron (page history and authors); polyhedron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); polyhedron (Malayalam 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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