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triakis octahedron

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tri-ak-is oc-ta-he-dron
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Catalan solid with 24 isosceles triangle faces, 36 edges and 14 vertices, being the dual of the truncated cube.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τριάκις (triákis, “thrice”) + English octahedron

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: τριάκις

Inflected Forms

triakis octahedra (plural)

Questions

What does triakis octahedron mean?
A Catalan solid with 24 isosceles triangle faces, 36 edges and 14 vertices, being the dual of the truncated cube.
Where does triakis octahedron come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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