gyrobifastigium
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A polyhedral solid formed by joining two face-regular triangular prisms along corresponding square faces, giving a quarter-turn to one prism. It is noted for being one of the few regular polyhedra that packs in three dimensions.
Example Sentences
- "To elucidate this complex correlation, we carried out detailed Monte Carlo simulations of six convex space-filling polyhedrons, namely, truncated octahedrons, rhombic dodecahedrons, hexagonal prisms, cubes, gyrobifastigiums and triangular prisms."
- "They observed hard triangular prisms and hard gyrobifastigia to directly transform into their space-filling crystal, while hard truncated octahedra, rhombic."
- "But there are solids constructed from two or more regular prisms that also pack space. An interesting example (with an equally interesting name) is the gyrobifastigium, constructed from two regular triangular prisms. See Figure 1.2.14 for a picture of a gyrobifastigium, and a pattern (called a net) for constructing one."