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scalenohedron

scalenohedron noun: 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.

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
    • By bringing together the rhombohedron and the scalenohedron, as has been done in Fig. 119, it will be noticed that the lateral edges of the two forms have a similar position towards the axes, so that for every scalenohedron there must be a rhombohedron whose lateral edges coincide with the lateral...1866, Josiah Parsons Cooke, Elements of Chemical Physics, page 154

Forms of scalenohedron

pluralscalenohedrons
pluralscalenohedra

Origin of scalenohedron

From scalene + -o- + -hedron.

Questions about scalenohedron

What does scalenohedron mean?
Scalenohedron means 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.
What part of speech is scalenohedron?
Scalenohedron is a noun.
What is the plural of scalenohedron?
The plural of scalenohedron is scalenohedrons.

Words near scalenohedron in the dictionary

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

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