polyhedron

English

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Alternative forms

• polyedron

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύεδρον (poluedron), from πολύς (polus, “many”) + ἕδρα (hedra, “seat”); compare French polyèdre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pŏlēhē'drən, IPA: /pɒliˈhiːdrən/, SAMPA: /pQli"hi:dr@n/

Noun

polyhedron (plural polyhedra or polyhedrons)

1. (geometry) A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.
2. (optics) A polyscope, or multiplying glass.

Translations

geometry: solid figure

Bulgarian: полиедър m., многостен m. Catalan: poliedre (ca) m., políedre (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 多面體, 多面体  (duōmiàntǐ) Czech: mnohostěn (cs) m. Esperanto: pluredro (eo) Finnish: monitahokas (fi), polyedri (fi) French: polyèdre (fr) m. German: Polyeder (de) n.

Greek: πολύεδρον (el) n. Hungarian: poliéder (hu) Ido: poliedro Italian: poliedro (it) Polish: wielościan (pl) m. Romanian: poliedru (ro) n., poliedre (ro) n. pl. Russian: многогранник (ru) (mnogogránnik) m. Slovak: mnohosten m. Spanish: poliedro (es) Swedish: polyeder (sv) c.

polyscope — see polyscope

Hypernyms

• abstract polyhedron
• polytope

Hyponyms

Hyponyms

convex polyhedron star polyhedron uniform polyhedron dual polyhedron noble polyhedron regular polyhedron Platonic solid cube Kepler-Poinsot polyhedron

quasiregular polyhedron Archimedean solid Catalan solid semiregular polyhedron Archimedean solid Catalan solid prism antiprism dipyramid trapezohedron

dodecahedron hexahedron icosahedron octahedron tetrahedron deltahedron Johnson solid zonohedron

See also Wikisaurus:polyhedron

See also

• spherical polyhedron
• apeirohedron
• tessellation
• Schläfli symbol