polyhedron
/ˌpɑliˈhidɹən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.
noun
A polyscope, or multiplying glass.
noun
A stage in the growth of Hydrodictyon, when the resting spore breaks up into several megazoospores that put out horn-like appendages; these polyhedra break up into zoospores.
Example Sentences
- "Of the convex polyhedra with regular faces, the only ones that have tetrahedral, octahedral, or icosahedral symmetry are the Platonic and Archimedean solids."
Etymology
From New Latin polyedron, from Ancient Greek πολύεδρος (polúedros, “having many seats”), from πολυ- (polu-, “many”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”); compare French polyèdre. By surface analysis, poly- + -hedron.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpɑliˈhidɹən/
- British English: /ˌpɒlɪˈhiːdɹən/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Euler's polyhedron formula
ideal polyhedron
Johnson polyhedron
Schönhardt polyhedron
Schläfli symbol
spherical polyhedron
List of uniform polyhedra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Frequently Paired Words
apeirohedron
Schläfli symbol
spherical polyhedron
subpolyhedron
tessellation
number
List of uniform polyhedra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia