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polyhedron
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context geometry English) A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges. 2 (context optics English) A polyscope, or multiplying glass.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polyhedron \Pol`y*he"dron\, n.; pl. E. Polyhedrons ., L. Polyhedra . [NL., fr. Gr. ? with many seats or sides; poly`s many + ? a seat or side: cf. F. poly[`e]dre.] (Geom.) A body or solid contained by many sides or planes. (Opt.) A polyscope, or multiplying ...
Wikipedia
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Polyhedron is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the field of inorganic chemistry . It was established in 1955 as the Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry and is published by Elsevier .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from Latinized form of Greek polyedron , neuter of adjective polyedros "having many bases or sides," from polys "many" (see poly- ) + hedra "seat, base, chair, face of a geometric solid," from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sedentary ).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Positive form can be introduced into any polygon or polyhedron by regarding it as a closed skin subjected to internal expansion.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces [also: polyhedra (pl)]
Usage examples of polyhedron.
She picked up a white polyhedron that perched there, the reflected lucency of the lamp making it glow faintly pink where her fingers touched.
To make the philtre visually engaging, Tre had deformed the two basic polyhedra into a pair of shapes which resembled a skinny chicken and a fat dodo bird.
Slowly, as the Admiral Stoloff continued braking to orbital speed, the lights enlarged and resolved into the familiar oblates, spheres, and polyhedra of Confederation Navy Base Gagarin, moving slowly in their ponderous, stately waltz.
In a broad room with splayed grey walls, illuminated by three-coloured polyhedra, Cugel devoured the food Pharesm caused to appear.
The beautiful, shiny polyhedra were tinted crystal, grown around magnetic metal cores.
She can show you the whole inhabited section of the galaxy, with all the trade polyhedra, like a dew-flecked cobweb hanging in the air.
Gil caching the polyhedron in her sling for further investigation later.
She stopped and bent down to pick up another white glass polyhedron from where it lay half-hidden in the shadows of a braided mass of coils as big around as her waist.
The polyhedron shattered into six or seven pieces, releasing neither poisonous gas nor embryonic alien beings.
Ingold turned the polyhedron in his fingers for a moment, as if testing its weight or proportions.
Gil was about to take another crystal polyhedron from the table when she froze, her movement arrested halfway.
He lighted and threw a polyhedron of milky light to Rudy, ignited another and tossed it to Aide, then passed a third to the red-haired girl.
He lighted and threw a polyhedron of milky light to Rudy, ignited another and tossed it to Alde , then passed a third to the red-haired girl.
Opening my fist, I tossed the polyhedron over my shoulder and in the direction of the Edge, just as a distant and desiccated memory resurfaced.
But, like Mills Avenue, a polyhedron mist defined the not-so-distant boundary.