Look up: polyhedron

1. Polyhedron
   A spheroidal particle or crystal with many plane faces.
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2. polyhedron
   [n] - a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces
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3. polyhedron
   A solid figure with flat faces that are polygons
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4. Polyhedron
   Pol`y·he'dron noun ; plural English Polyhedrons . , Latin Polyhedra . [ New Latin , from Greek ... with many seats or sides; poly`s many + ... a seat or side: confer French polyèdre .] 1. (Geom.) ...
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5. polyhedron
   Origin: NL, fr. Gr. With many seats or sides; many + a seat or side: cf. F. Polyedre. ... 1. <geometry> A body or solid contained by many sides or planes. ... 2. <optics> A polyscope, or multiplying glass. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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6. polyhedron
   noun a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces
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7. Polyhedron
   • (n.) A polyscope, or multiplying glass. • (n.) A body or solid contained by many sides or planes.
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8. polyhedron
   (from the article `chemical compound`) ...compounds do not. These compounds link the mononuclear complexes ( = 1) with the nonmolecular ( ) binary and ternary metallic compounds. Of the ... ...isomorphic if . Euler was the first to investigate in 1752 the analogous question concerning polyhedra. He found that + = 2 for every conv...
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9. polyhedron
   polyhedron, polyhedral Having many faces or sides. Related topics utilizing this poly- prefix: Polysemy and Polysemous and Polygamy Sections.
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10. polyhedron
    polyhedron (pol"ēhē'drun) , closed solid bounded by plane faces; each face of a polyhedron is a polygon. A cube is a polyhedron bounded by six polygons (in this case squares) meeting at right angles. Although regular polygons are possible for any number of sides, there are only f...
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11. polyhedron
    In geometry, a solid figure with four or more plane faces. The more faces there are on a polyhedron, the more closely it approximates to a sphere. Knowledge of the properties of polyhedra is needed in crystallography and stereochemistry to determine the shapes of crystals and molecules. There are onl...
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12. Polyhedron
    In elementary geometry a `polyhedron` (plural `polyhedra` or `polyhedrons`) is a geometric solid in three dimensions with flat faces and straight edges. The word `polyhedron` comes from the Classical Greek πολύεδρον, as poly- (stem of πολύς, "...
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13. Polyhedron
    (magazine) `Polyhedron` was a magazine which started out as the official publication of the RPGA (Role Playing Gamers Association). Publication began in the year 1981, and the target audience was players of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Articles were written by ga...
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