Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enneahedron

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-nea-he-dron
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polyhedron with nine faces.

Example Sentences

"The enneahedron is a simple all-space filler discovered by myself, based on the cubic antiprism, again omitted by Wood."
"1996, Michael O'Keeffe, Bruce G. Hyde, Crystal Structures, Number 1: Patterns & Symmetry, page 350, This is based on a packing of 36-vertex icosahedra [5¹².6⁸] and enneahedra (4³.5⁶]."
"In Figure 9.10.3 we see a projection of the skeleton of an enneahedron (a solid with nine faces). All the faces of this enneahedron are quadrilaterals."

Etymology

From ennea- + -hedron.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ennea
Suffix: hedron

Inflected Forms

enneahedra (plural) enneahedrons (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

enneagon enneahedral

Synonyms

nonahedron

Questions

What does enneahedron mean?: A polyhedron with nine faces.
Where does enneahedron come from?: From ennea- + -hedron.

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