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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POLYHEDRON

From Greek poluedron, from poly- + hedron side, base.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POLYHEDRON

polyhedron  [ˌpɒlɪˈhiːdrən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYHEDRON

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Polyhedron 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 POLYHEDRON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

polyhedron

Polyhedron

In elementary geometry, a polyhedron is a solid in three dimensions with flat faces, straight edges and sharp corners or vertices. The word polyhedron comes from the Classical Greek πολύεδρον, as poly- + -hedron. Cubes, pyramids and some toroids are examples of polyhedra. A polyhedron is said to be convex if its surface does not intersect itself and the line segment joining any two points of the polyhedron is contained in the interior or surface. A polyhedron is a 3-dimensional example of the more general polytope in any number of dimensions.

Definition of polyhedron in the English dictionary

The definition of polyhedron in the dictionary is a solid figure consisting of four or more plane faces, pairs of which meet along an edge, three or more edges meeting at a vertex. In a regular polyhedron all the faces are identical regular polygons making equal angles with each other. Specific polyhedrons are named according to the number of faces, such as tetrahedron, icosahedron, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLYHEDRON


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYHEDRON

polygraphy
polygynian
polygynist
polygynous
polygyny
polyhalite
polyhedra
polyhedral
polyhedral angle
polyhedric
polyhedrosis
polyhistor
polyhistorian
polyhistoric
polyhistory
polyhybrid
polyhydric
polyhydroxy
Polyhymnia
polyimide

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYHEDRON

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 polyhedron in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polyhedron» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLYHEDRON

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

Translator English - Chinese

多面体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poliedro
570 millions of speakers

English

polyhedron
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहुतल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متعدد الوجوه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

многогранник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poliedro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বহুতলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

polyèdre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polyhedron
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Polyeder
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多面体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다면체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polyhedron
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khối có nhiều mặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பன்முகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बहुभुज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çok yüzlü cisim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poliedro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wielościan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

багатогранник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

poliedru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολύεδρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

poliëder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polyeder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polyhedron
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polyhedron

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYHEDRON»

The term «polyhedron» is regularly used and occupies the 80.022 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYHEDRON» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYHEDRON»

Discover the use of polyhedron in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polyhedron and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Polyhedron Models
An explicit guide to the geometric principles, design, and construction of complex polyhedral figures
Magnus J. Wenninger, 1974
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Polyhedron Origami for Beginners
An innovative approach to origami craft, polyhedron origami. introduces you into a new world of many-sided solid figures. This book is a comprehensive collection of polyhedron origami from tetrahedron to icosahedron.
Miyuki Kawamura, 2002
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Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology
Yet Euler's formula is so simple it can be explained to a child. Euler's Gem tells the illuminating story of this indispensable mathematical idea.
David S. Richeson, 2012
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The Method of Newton’s Polyhedron in the Theory of Partial ...
PREFACE Newton's polyhedron of a polynomial in several variables is the convex hull of the set of exponents of its monornials completed in some way. The boundary of Newton's polyhedron can be interpreted as one of the possible ...
S.G. Gindikin, L. Volevich, 1992
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Algorithms and Data Structures: Third Workshop, WADS '93, ...
Proceedings Frank Dehne. Remark: The solution presented above makes no use of the fact that P is topo- logically equivalent to a sphere. The algorithm works equally well for a polyhedron of higher genus. In practice, this is relevant because ...
Frank Dehne, 1993
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Graphics Gems IV
Detecting. Intersection. of. a. Rectangular. Solid. and. a. Convex. Polyhedron. Ned Greene Apple Computer and University of California at Santa Cruz One Infinite Loop, MS 301-3J Cupertino, CA 95014 greene ...
Paul S. Heckbert, 1994
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Encyclopaedia of Mathematics (set)
M.I. Voitsekhovskii AMS 1980 Subject Classification: 52A10, 52A25 CONVEX POLYHEDRON, - The convex hull of a finite number of points in a Euclidean space E". Such a convex polyhedron is the bounded intersection of a finite number of ...
Michiel Hazewinkel, 1994
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The Mathematics Dictionary
Polyhedron Polytop* sections of the faces are the edges; and the points where three or more edges intersect are the vertices. A polyhedron of four faces is a tetrahedron; one of five faces, a pentahedron; one of six faces, a hexahedron; one of ...
R.C. James, 1992
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Computing and Combinatorics: 13th Annual International ...
convex polyhedron. However, this method is too complicated to use in practice. Instead, we use the pseudo-random number generator to generate many points in the polyhedron and assume them to be uniformly distributed. But there are still  ...
Guohui Lin, 2007
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Convex Polyhedra
Further in this section as well as in Chapters 3 and 4 devoted to the proof of this and related results, we regard any doubly-covered convex polygon as a convex polyhedron, unless the contrary is stated explicitly. Actually, we will prove ...
N.S. Dairbekov, A.D. Alexandrov, Semën Samsonovich Kutateladze, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYHEDRON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polyhedron is used in the context of the following news items.
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Windbots Could Explore Solar System's Gas Giants
... drawing energy from turbulent winds there; the windbot is portrayed as a polyhedron with sections that spin to absorb wind energy and create ... «Sci-News.com, Jul 15»
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The Mathematics Of Buckyballs
Since mathematicians like to generalize, we call any convex polyhedron built from pentagons and hexagons by the same name. And then once ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Viewpoint: Electrons Travel Between Loosely Bound Layers
... possibility is that the off-center position of W atoms makes each polyhedron polar and paves the way for electron sharing across the layers. «Physics, Jul 15»
4
New Soft Goods Collection Inspired by Ancient Sacred Geometry
A Platonic solid is a regular, convex polyhedron. Constructed of congruent regular polygonal faces with the same number of faces meeting at ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
5
Posttranslational Modifications of Baculovirus Protamine-Like …
Upon pk1 deletion, nucleocapsid assembly and polyhedron formation were interrupted and the transcription of viral very late genes was ... «Journal of Virology, Jul 15»
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Hope, A Skip And A Jump At King's Cross
... in a wooden polyhedron inspired by ZSL's Snowdon Aviary. Central support is provided by a salvaged tree trunk. The walls are perforated for ... «Londonist, Jun 15»
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How to Turn Any Object Into a Rubik's Cube
... challenges as the original Rubik's Cube. Still, if you have a favorite polyhedron, it can become the newest puzzle in your life. «Popular Mechanics, Jun 15»
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Exploring 3D Printed Form with Magnetic Bisymmetric …
Add to this a bit of the Menger sponge and a Schonhardt Polyhedron or two and you are swimming in the world of complex geometric forms ... «3DPrint.com, Jun 15»
9
15 of Sci-fi Cinema's Most Eccentric Spaceships
In one glorious shot, Arnold reveals his extraordinary vehicle: a gigantic semi-translucent polyhedron. It's a simple yet effective design, and the ... «Den of Geek!, Jun 15»
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What Is Topology?
An example of a torus polyhedron. As with all tori, the Euler Characteristic (F + V – E) is zero. In this case F=16, V=16, and E=32. Credit: Robert ... «Live Science, Jun 15»

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