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tetrakaidekahedron

tetrakaidekahedron noun: a solid figure having fourteen faces.

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

Synonyms of tetrakaidekahedron

Forms of tetrakaidekahedron

pluraltetrakaidekahedrons
pluraltetrakaidekahedra
alternative formtetrakaidecahedron

Origin of tetrakaidekahedron

From tetrakaideka- + -hedron.

Questions about tetrakaidekahedron

What does tetrakaidekahedron mean?
Tetrakaidekahedron means a solid figure having fourteen faces.
What part of speech is tetrakaidekahedron?
Tetrakaidekahedron is a noun.
What is the plural of tetrakaidekahedron?
The plural of tetrakaidekahedron is tetrakaidekahedrons.

Words near tetrakaidekahedron in the dictionary

  1. tetrakaidecahedron
  2. tetrakaidecahedrons
  3. tetrakaideka-
  4. tetrakaidekahedra
  5. tetrakaidekahedral
  6. tetrakaidekahedron
  7. tetrakaidekahedrons
  8. tetrakas
  9. tetraketide
  10. tetraketides
  11. tetraketone

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