polyhedron Definition
poly·he·dron (päl′i hē′drən)
polyhedron Related Forms
pol′y·he′·dral adjective
polyhedron Usage Examples
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.
- call: She also liked Aunty M's rather ancient maths shape things [ now called polyhedrons in the brightminds catalog ] .
- select: Select the polyhedron, then print the corresponding net on card stock.
Adjective modifier
- regular: So far, we have found three regular polyhedrons made with triangles.
- 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.
Preposition: in
catalog: She also liked Aunty M's rather ancient maths shape things [ now called polyhedrons in the brightminds catalog ] .
Browse dictionary entries near polyhedron
- ‹ polygyny
- ‹ polygraph
- ‹ polygonum
- ‹ polygon
- ‹ Polygnotus
- ‹ polyglot
- ‹ polygenism
- ‹ polygenesis
- ‹ polygenes
- ‹ polygamy
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