Definition of Dihedron. Meaning of Dihedron. Synonyms of Dihedron

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Definition of Dihedron

Dihedron
Dihedron Di*he"dron, n. [See Dihedral.] A figure with two sides or surfaces. --Buchanan.

Meaning of Dihedron from wikipedia

- A dihedron is a type of polyhedron, made of two polygon faces which share the same set of n edges. In three-dimensional Euclidean space, it is degenerate...
- can be constructed as a vertex on a great circle (equator). This forms a dihedron, {1,2}, with two hemispherical monogonal faces which share one 360° edge...
- n} is dual to the dihedron {n,2}. Note that when n = 2, we obtain the polyhedron {2,2}, which is both a hosohedron and a dihedron. All of these have...
- hexagonal beach ball, {2, 6}, is a hosohedron, and {6, 2} is its dual dihedron. During the 10th Century, the Islamic scholar Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī (Abu'l...
- regular solid with its face counted twice. Therefore, it is also called a dihedron (Gr****: solid with two faces), which explains the name dihedral group (in...
- hosohedron {2, n} is the n-gonal dihedron, {n, 2}. The polyhedron {2,2} is self-dual, and is both a hosohedron and a dihedron. A hosohedron may be modified...
- Octahedron, the 3-space Cross-polytope Dodecahedron Icosahedron hosohedron dihedron Henagon#In spherical geometry Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra Small stellated...
- are given. The spherical tilings including the set of hosohedrons and dihedrons which are degenerate polyhedra. These symmetry groups are formed from...
- In geometry, an order-2 apeirogonal tiling, apeirogonal dihedron, or infinite dihedron is a tiling of the plane consisting of two apeirogons. It may be...
- Geometrically, this can be visualized as the rotation group of the trigonal dihedron, which is isomorphic to the dihedral group of the triangle D3, as illustrated...