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Regular tetrahedron

Tetrahedron \Tet`ra*he"dron\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ? seat, base, fr. ? to sit.] (Geom.) A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.

Note: In crystallography, the regular tetrahedron is regarded as the hemihedral form of the regular octahedron.

Regular tetrahedron (Geom.), a solid bounded by four equal equilateral triangles; one of the five regular solids.

WordNet
regular tetrahedron

n. a tetrahedron with four equilateral triangular faces

Usage examples of "regular tetrahedron".

The effect was as though one were looking down at the apex of a regular tetrahedron.

The Lunar system was the simplest, with just four entry points set at the vertices of a regular tetrahedron.