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PRONUNCIATION OF OCTAHEDRON

octahedron  [ˌɒktəˈhiːdrən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OCTAHEDRON

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pronoun
preposition
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determiner
exclamation
Octahedron is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OCTAHEDRON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

octahedron

Octahedron

In geometry, an octahedron is a polyhedron with eight faces. A regular octahedron is a Platonic solid composed of eight equilateral triangles, four of which meet at each vertex. A regular octahedron is the dual polyhedron of a cube. It is a rectified tetrahedron. It is a square bipyramid in any of three orthogonal orientations. It is also a triangular antiprism in any of four orientations. An octahedron is the three-dimensional case of the more general concept of a cross polytope.

Definition of octahedron in the English dictionary

The definition of octahedron in the dictionary is a solid figure having eight plane faces.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OCTAHEDRON


chiliahedron
ˌkɪlɪəˈhiːdrən
decahedron
ˌdɛkəˈhiːdrən
dihedron
daɪˈhiːdrən
dodecahedron
ˌdəʊdɛkəˈhiːdrən
hemihedron
ˌhɛmɪˈhiːdrən
heptahedron
ˌhɛptəˈhiːdrən
hexahedron
ˌhɛksəˈhiːdrən
holohedron
ˌhɒləˈhiːdrən
icosahedral
ˌaɪkəsəˈhiːdrən
icosahedron
ˌaɪkəsəˈhiːdrən
icositetrahedron
ˌaɪkəsɪˌtɛtrəˈhiːdrən
octohedron
ˌɒktəˈhiːdrən
pentahedron
ˌpɛntəˈhiːdrən
polyhedron
ˌpɒlɪˈhiːdrən
rhombohedron
ˌrɒmbəʊˈhiːdrən
scalenohedron
ˌskeɪliːnəˈhiːdrən
tetrahedron
ˌtɛtrəˈhiːdrən
trapezohedron
trəˌpiːzəʊˈhiːdrən
trihedron
traɪˈhiːdrən
trisoctahedron
trɪsˌɒktəˈhiːdrən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OCTAHEDRON

octachordal
octad
octadic
octagon
octagonal
octagonally
octahedra
octahedral
octahedrally
octahedrite
octal
octal notation
octamerous
octameter
octan
octandrian
octandrous
octane
octane number
octane rating

WORDS THAT END LIKE OCTAHEDRON

caldron
cauldron
chaldron
chawdron
dendron
enneahedron
hadron
hendecahedron
Kedron
Kidron
leucitohedron
liriodendron
pauldron
philodendron
regular hexahedron
regular icosahedron
rhododendron
squadron
tendron

Synonyms and antonyms of octahedron in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «octahedron» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OCTAHEDRON

Find out the translation of octahedron to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of octahedron from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «octahedron» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

八面体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

octaedro
570 millions of speakers

English

octahedron
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

octahedron
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المجسم الثماني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

октаэдр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

octaedro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অষ্টতলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

octaèdre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Octahedron
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Oktaeder
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

8面体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

면체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Octahedron
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bát giác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எண்முக முக்கோணகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अष्टारोफर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sekizyüzlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ottaedro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ośmiościan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

октаедр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

octaedru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οκτάεδρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oktaëder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oktaedern
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oktaeder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of octahedron

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OCTAHEDRON»

The term «octahedron» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.838 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OCTAHEDRON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «octahedron» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «octahedron» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about octahedron

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OCTAHEDRON»

Discover the use of octahedron in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to octahedron and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Molecular Symmetry
(a) Z X Y (b) Z X Y Figure 3.27 The relationship between the cube and (a) the tetrahedron and (b) the octahedron. The axis system shown can be used as a common reference frame for all three figures. orientated with respect to an axis system.
David Willock, 2009
2
Geometry and Spatial Sense
Distribute page 43 and a copy of the template on page 16 for the octahedron. Provide students with scissors and tape and have them attempt Exercise O on their own. AcrtwTY 3 - STUDENT PAGE Individual Activity 35 minutes Check that all ...
Brendan Kelly, 2000
3
Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art
Magnetic needle, ab. Instrument for detecting electricity in minerals. Common goniometer, . Gambay's do. 10. Wollaston's do. ... Forms of Crystallization. 11,12. Regular octahedron, 13. Octahedron abbreviated to a six sided plate, 14. Cube 15.
Johann Georg Heck, Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1852
4
Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design
1.7 Rhombic dodecahedron (a), truncated octahedron (b), and the Kelvin minimal tetrakai- decahedron (c). Filling the Voids: The Kelvin Figure Just as the closest packed circles left concave spaces between them, so does an array of closest ...
Peter Pearce, 1990
5
A Plethora of Polyhedra in Origami
Step-by-step instructions and 970 clear diagrams show beginning and experienced paperfolders how to create 27 amazing polyhedra from one sheet of paper.
John Montroll, 2002
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Symmetry and Structure: Readable Group Theory for Chemists
Problem 8.1 Use Figure 8.1 to obtain the rotational axes of an octahedron (i.e. work through the above argument in detail). Your answers can be checked by reference to Figure 8.3. Problem 8.2 Use Figure 8.1 to obtain the rotational axes of a ...
Sidney F. A. Kettle, 2008
7
Ascension Magick: Ritual, Myth and Healing for the New Aeon
Ritual, Myth and Healing for the New Aeon Christopher Penczak. Female orientation Figure 68: Octahedron Orientation for Male and Female Bodies Male orientation Inhale. Think, “Merkaba octahedron, 34–55, nine-tenths the speed of light.
Christopher Penczak, 2007
8
Nanomaterials and Nanochemistry
(a) Truncated octahedron with 201 atoms. (b) Cubo-octahedron with 147 atoms. ( c) Icosahedron with 147 atoms. (d) Truncated decahedron with 146 atoms Table 1.1. Magic numbers for different clusters: icosahedron, cubo-octahedron, ...
C. Bréchignac, P. Houdy, M. Lahmani, 2008
9
Vision, Modeling, and Visualization 2008: Proceedings, ...
We show how to directly render into these textures and how to efficiently lookup octahedron environment maps. For the projection, a point p is first projected onto the octahedron faces, and next projected orthogonally on the XZ-plane.
Oliver Deussen, Daniel Keim, Dietmar Saupe, 2008
10
Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them (After Edward ...
Thus crystals of galena often show the cube and octahedron. Figure 3-l5 is generally described as a cube modified by an octahedron, and Fig. 3-l6 as an octahedron modified by the cube. If a cube is cut out of a block and the solid angles are ...
Cornelius S. Hurlbut, W. Edwin Sharp, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OCTAHEDRON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term octahedron is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cages offer new direction in sustainable catalyst design
To create the nano cages, researchers start with a nanoscale cube or octahedron of less expensive palladium, then deposit a few layers of ... «R & D Magazine, Jul 15»
2
The Mathematics Of Buckyballs
There are exactly five–tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron. Topologically, a convex polyhedron is a 2-dimensional ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
3
Public Release: 23-Jul-2015 Cages offer new direction in …
To create the nano cages, researchers start with a nanoscale cube or octahedron of less expensive palladium, then deposit a few layers of ... «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
4
Made in America Furniture Trend
powder-coated finishes. Trine's Double Octahedron pedestal is available for purchase in California stores or online, $95 white or mint. Many of ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
5
On the Tube
... has a Morris & Co-style leaf pattern (by Julia Black), while at the opposite end Brixton has a ton of bricks in a red octahedron by Hans Unger. «London Review of Books, Jul 15»
6
Better Than 'Jewelry'
These pebbles, uncut—one 13-carat octahedron-shaped diamond would have been reduced to about 5 carats if cut—and roughly shaped, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
7
New nanocatalyst does more with less platinum
... of how a particular substance's reactivity changes depending on whether it's structured as an icosahedron, an octahedron or another shape. «Nanowerk, Jul 15»
8
Fueled by nanoparticles, new catalyst does more with less platinum
... of how a particular substance's reactivity changes depending on whether it's structured as an icosahedron, an octahedron or another shape. «University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jul 15»
9
How Physics Will Change—and Change the World—in 100 Years
The mathematics of the possible symmetry of objects in space gives us just five distinct Platonic solids: the tetrahedron, cube, the octahedron, ... «NOVA Next, Jun 15»
10
YOSA rocks out with 'OK Computer'
... the young classical musicians with 11 local pop and rock acts: Nina Diaz, Demitasse, Pop Pistol, Lonely Horse, Octahedron, Nicolette Good, ... «San Antonio Express-News, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Octahedron [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/octahedron>. May 2024 ».
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