Definition of Polyhedron. Meaning of Polyhedron. Synonyms of Polyhedron

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Definition of Polyhedron

Polyhedron
Polyhedron Pol`y*he"dron, n.; pl. E. Polyhedrons., L. Polyhedra. [NL., fr. Gr. ? with many seats or sides; poly`s many + ? a seat or side: cf. F. poly[`e]dre.] 1. (Geom.) A body or solid contained by many sides or planes. 2. (Opt.) A polyscope, or multiplying glass.

Meaning of Polyhedron from wikipedia

- In geometry, a polyhedron (pl.: polyhedra or polyhedrons; from Gr**** πολύ (poly-)  'many', and ἕδρον (-hedron)  'base, seat') is a three-dimensional shape...
- In geometry, a Schönhardt polyhedron is a polyhedron with the same combinatorial structure as a regular octahedron, but with dihedral angles that are non-convex...
- In geometry, every polyhedron is ****ociated with a second dual structure, where the vertices of one correspond to the faces of the other, and the edges...
- Platonic solid is a convex, regular polyhedron in three-dimensional Euclidean space. Being a regular polyhedron means that the faces are congruent (identical...
- A regular polyhedron is a polyhedron whose symmetry group acts transitively on its flags. A regular polyhedron is highly symmetrical, being all of edge-transitive...
- more specifically in polyhedral combinatorics, a Goldberg polyhedron is a convex polyhedron made from hexagons and pentagons. They were first described...
- "reflex". More generally, a vertex of a polyhedron or polytope is convex, if the intersection of the polyhedron or polytope with a sufficiently small sphere...
- space is called an n-dimensional polyhedron. Polyhedron may also refer to: Polyhedron (magazine), formerly Polyhedron Newszine, a former magazine targeting...
- A geodesic polyhedron is a convex polyhedron made from triangles. They usually have icosahedral symmetry, such that they have 6 triangles at a vertex...
- cube#Generalizations Quasicrystal Regular polyhedron Semiregular polyhedron Toroidal polyhedron Uniform polyhedron Steckles, Katie. "The Unwanted Shape"....