Definition of Rhombohedron. Meaning of Rhombohedron. Synonyms of Rhombohedron

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Definition of Rhombohedron

Rhombohedron
Rhombohedron Rhom`bo*he"dron, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? rhomb + ??? seat, base.] (Geom. & Crystallog.) A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.

Meaning of Rhombohedron from wikipedia

- In geometry, a rhombohedron (also called a rhombic hexahedron or, inaccurately, a rhomboid) is a three-dimensional figure with six faces which are rhombi...
- In geometry, a trigonal trapezohedron is a rhombohedron (a polyhedron with six rhombus-shaped faces) in which, additionally, all six faces are congruent...
- cube is also a square parallelepiped, an equilateral cuboid, a right rhombohedron, and a 3-zonohedron. It is a regular square prism in three orientations...
- zonohedrons, which can be seen as projective envelopes of hypercubes. A rhombohedron (also called a rhombic hexahedron) is a three-dimensional figure like...
- (apex-truncated square pyramid) Parallelepiped (three pairs of parallelograms) Rhombohedron (three pairs of rhombi) Trapezoidal prism Non-convex cuboid Lists of...
- rectangle but not a rhomboid. The term rhomboid is now more often used for a rhombohedron or a more general parallelepiped, a solid figure with six faces in which...
- rectangular cuboid (six rectangular faces), cube (six square faces), and the rhombohedron (six rhombus faces) are all specific cases of parallelepiped. "Parallelepiped"...
- as lublinite. Cleavage is usually in three directions parallel to the rhombohedron form. Its fracture is conchoidal, but difficult to obtain. Scalenohedral...
- In geometry, the elongated gyrobifastigium or gabled rhombohedron is a space-filling octahedron with 4 rectangles and 4 right-angled pentagonal faces....
- prismatic crystals are often terminated by the scalenohedron and the obtuse rhombohedron, thus resembling calcite (dog-tooth-spar) in habit. The color is scarlet-vermilion...