Crossword clues for polyhedra
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 glass.
Wiktionary
alt. (plural of polyhedron English) n. (plural of polyhedron English)
WordNet
n. a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces
[also: polyhedra (pl)]
See polyhedron
Usage examples of "polyhedra".
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.