pentahedron

/ˌpɛntaˈhiːdɹən/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"Their tent was too small for them to stand, a long but low pentahedron, in shape like the triangular glass prism Saeed used to have as a child, with which he would refract sunlight into little rainbows."

From penta- + -hedron.

pentahedra (plural) pentahedrons (plural)

pentahedral

tetrahedron polyhedron rhombicosidodecahedron

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How do you pronounce pentahedron?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɛntaˈhiːdɹən/.

What does pentahedron mean?

A polyhedron with five faces.

Where does pentahedron come from?

From penta- + -hedron.

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