polyhedron - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • make: Probably the best way to make a sphere is to make a polyhedron with a large number of sides.
  • limit: Normally by the end of the calculation less than one half of the entries in BOX actually are used to define the limiting polyhedron.
  • select: Select the polyhedron, then print the corresponding net on card stock.

Adjective modifier

  • new: Each stage of refinement defines a new, denser, polyhedron whose vertices are related to local sets of vertices of the original.
  • convex: In origami this term is often misused to mean any star-like form produced by adding pyramids to the faces of a convex polyhedron.
  • sparse: The head of this list is iteratively decimated and the list updated until a target number of vertices for the sparse polyhedron is met.

Preposition: with

  • vertices: For example, for a product of five numbers, we obtain a 3-dimensional polyhedron with 14 vertices.

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