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scalenohedra

scalenohedra is the plural of scalenohedron.

Meaning of scalenohedron

Noun

scalenohedron (plural scalenohedrons or scalenohedra)

  1. A polyhedron having twelve sides, each in the form of a scalene triangle, that is topologically equivalent to a hexagonal bipyramid and whose middle section can be said to inscribe a rhombohedron.
    • Though the hexagonal scalenohedron is derived from the double twelve-faced pyramid, by the development of half its faces, and might be constructed from that figure, it is more readily obtained from the positive or negative rhomboid which may be supposed to be inscribed in the scalenohedron.1859, James Tennant, Walter Mitchell, Mineralogy and Crystallography: Being a Classification of Crystals According to Their Form, page 408

Questions about scalenohedra

What is scalenohedra the plural of?
Scalenohedra is the plural of scalenohedron.

Words near scalenohedra in the dictionary

  1. scalene triangle
  2. scalene triangles
  3. scalenectomy
  4. scalenes
  5. scaleni
  6. scalenohedra
  7. scalenohedral
  8. scalenohedron
  9. scalenohedrons
  10. scalenon
  11. scalenotomies

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