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triakisoctahedron

triakisoctahedron is the alternative form of triakis octahedron.

Meaning of triakis octahedron

Noun

triakis octahedron (plural triakis octahedra)

  1. A Catalan solid with 24 isosceles triangle faces, 36 edges and 14 vertices, being the dual of the truncated cube.
    • Examined in this way an octahedron of alum (ammonium or potassium) is found to yield, not one, but three images from each face; and closer inspection shows that the crystal is not really an octahedron, but has the form of a very flat triakis-octahedron.1903, Henry Woodward, Geological Magazine, page 266

Forms of triakisoctahedron

pluraltriakisoctahedrons
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Questions about triakisoctahedron

What is triakisoctahedron the alternative form of?
Triakisoctahedron is the alternative form of triakis octahedron.

Words near triakisoctahedron in the dictionary

  1. triakids
  2. triakis icosahedron
  3. triakis octahedron
  4. triakis tetrahedron
  5. triakisoctahedra
  6. triakisoctahedron
  7. triakisoctahedrons
  8. triakistetrahedra
  9. triakistetrahedral
  10. triakistetrahedron
  11. triakontadipole

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