trapezohedron
[ truh-pee-zuh-hee-druh n, trap-uh- ]
/ trəˌpi zəˈhi drən, ˌtræp ə- /
noun, plural tra·pe·zo·he·drons, tra·pe·zo·he·dra [truh-pee-zuh-hee-druh, trap-uh-] /trəˌpi zəˈhi drə, ˌtræp ə-/.
Crystallography.
a crystal form having all faces trapeziums.
Geometry.
a trapezoid trisoctahedron.
Origin of trapezohedron
OTHER WORDS FROM trapezohedron
tra·pe·zo·he·dral, adjectiveWords nearby trapezohedron
trapeze artist,
trapezial,
trapeziform,
trapezium,
trapezius,
trapezohedron,
trapezoid,
trapezoid ligament,
trapezoid line,
trapezoid rule,
trapezoidal rule
Example sentences from the Web for trapezohedron
Bounded by twenty-four trapezoidal faces, and hence sometimes called a “trapezohedron.”
British Dictionary definitions for trapezohedron
trapezohedron
/ (trəˌpiːzəʊˈhiːdrən) /
noun plural -drons or -dra (-drə)
crystallog
a crystal form in which all the crystal's faces are trapeziums
Derived forms of trapezohedron
trapezohedral, adjectiveWord Origin for trapezohedron
C19: from
trapezo- combining form of
trapezium +
-hedron, on the model of
tetrahedron