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A prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms
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prismoid
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prismoid \Pris"moid\ (pr[i^]z"moid), n. [Cf. F. prismto["i]de.] A body that approaches to the form of a prism.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context geometry English) A prismatoid that has planar sides, and the same number of vertex in both of its parallel planes 2 (context geometry English) An antiprism
Usage examples of prismoid.
They were placed at random along the plain: silolike cylinders of shiny metal, skyscraper-size prismoids set with gemlike facets, flaring hyperboloids with barber-pole skirts, enormous lattices of translucent colored materials.