Definition of trapezohedron. Meaning of trapezohedron. Synonyms of trapezohedron

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Definition of trapezohedron

Trapezohedron
Trapezohedron Trap`e*zo*he"dron, n. [NL., from trapezium + Gr. ? seat, base, fr. ? to sit.] (Crystalloq.) (a) A solid bounded by twenty-four equal and similar trapeziums; a tetragonal trisoctahedron. See the Note under Trisoctahedron. (b) A tetartohedral solid of the hexagonal system, bounded by six trapezoidal planes. The faces of this form are common on quartz crystals.
trapezohedron
Trisoctahedron Tris*oc`ta*he"dron, n. [Gr. ? thrice + FE. octahedron.] (Crystallog.) A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron. Tetragonal trisoctahedron, a trisoctahedron each face of which is a quadrilateral; called also trapezohedron and icositetrahedron. Trigonal trisoctahedron, a trisoctahedron each face of which is an isosceles triangle.

Meaning of trapezohedron from wikipedia

- In geometry, an n-gonal trapezohedron, n-trapezohedron, n-antidipyramid, n-antibipyramid, or n-deltohedron, is the dual polyhedron of an n-gonal antiprism...
- In geometry, a pentagonal trapezohedron is the third in an infinite series of face-transitive polyhedra which are dual polyhedra to the antiprisms. It...
- In geometry, an n-gonal truncated trapezohedron is a polyhedron formed by a n-gonal trapezohedron with n-gonal pyramids truncated from its two polar axis...
- In geometry, a trigonal trapezohedron is a polyhedron with six congruent quadrilateral faces, which may be scalene or rhomboid. The variety with rhombus-shaped...
- "Shining Trapezohedron" which has the property of being able to summon a terrible being from the depths of time and space. The trapezohedron rests in...
- In geometry, a tetragonal trapezohedron, or deltohedron, is the second in an infinite series of trapezohedra, which are dual to the antiprisms. It has...
- triangles, dual of hexagonal prism, D6h symmetry, order 24 Hexagonal trapezohedron – 12 kites, dual of hexagonal antiprism, D6d symmetry, order 24 Triakis...
- In geometry, a hexagonal trapezohedron or deltohedron is the fourth in an infinite series of trapezohedra which are dual polyhedra to the antiprisms....
- Look up tesseract in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In geometry, a tesseract or 4-cube is a four-dimensional hypercube, analogous to a two-dimensional...
- In geometry, the square truncated trapezohedron is the second in an infinite series of truncated trapezohedra. It has 8 pentagon and 2 square faces. This...