polyhedrons
polyhedrons is the plural of polyhedron.
Meaning of polyhedron
Noun
polyhedron (plural polyhedra or polyhedrons)
- 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
- A polyscope, or multiplying glass.
- 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.
Forms of polyhedrons
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Phrases with polyhedrons
Questions about polyhedrons
- What is polyhedrons the plural of?
- Polyhedrons is the plural of polyhedron.
Words near polyhedrons in the dictionary
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