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 (pl. dihedra) is a type of polyhedron, made of two polygon faces which share the same set of n edges. In three-dimensional Euclidean space,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- In geometry, an order-2 apeirogonal tiling, apeirogonal dihedron, or infinite dihedron is a tessellation (gap-free filling with repeated shapes) of the...
- Edges Vertices D2 H2 Digonal dihedron, digonal hosohedron {2,2} {2} 2 2 2 D4 Truncated digonal dihedron (same as square dihedron) t{2,2}={4,2} {4} 2 4 4 P4...
- is the conformal map projection from the sphere to an unfolded square dihedron, developed by Charles Sanders Peirce in 1879. Each octant projects onto...
- Euclidean plane, even when its dual order-2 apeirogonal tiling (infinite dihedron) is. A compound of two "line segment" digons, as the two possible alternations...
- either an isotetrahedron or a rectangle dihedron and conversely, every net of an isotetrahedron or rectangle dihedron is a Conway tile. The Conway criterion...