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tetrakaidecahedron

tetrakaidecahedron is the alternative form of tetrakaidekahedron.

Meaning of tetrakaidekahedron

Noun

tetrakaidekahedron (plural tetrakaidekahedrons or tetrakaidekahedra)

  1. A solid figure having fourteen faces.
    • Two large flat surfaces and twelve edge facets make each squame a fourteen-sided solid or tetrakaidecahedron.2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 81
    Synonyms:
    tetradecahedron

Forms of tetrakaidecahedron

pluraltetrakaidecahedrons
pluraltetrakaidecahedra

Origin of tetrakaidecahedron

From tetrakaideca- + -hedron.

Questions about tetrakaidecahedron

What is tetrakaidecahedron the alternative form of?
Tetrakaidecahedron is the alternative form of tetrakaidekahedron.

Words near tetrakaidecahedron in the dictionary

  1. tetrakaideca-
  2. tetrakaidecagon
  3. tetrakaidecagons
  4. tetrakaidecahedra
  5. tetrakaidecahedral
  6. tetrakaidecahedron
  7. tetrakaidecahedrons
  8. tetrakaideka-
  9. tetrakaidekahedra
  10. tetrakaidekahedral
  11. tetrakaidekahedron

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