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Octahedron

A polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.

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A polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Octahedron"

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cubonoun	—
octohedronnoun	Alternative form of octahedron. [(geometry) a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.]
dodecahedronnoun	(geometry) A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.
icosahedronnoun	(geometry) A polyhedron with twenty faces.
dodecaedronnoun	Alternative spelling of dodecahedron. [(geometry) A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.]
duodecahedronnoun	Alternative form of dodecahedron. [(geometry) A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.]
octakishexahedronnoun	(geometry, rare) A polyhedron with 48 faces.
cuboctahedronnoun	(geometry) An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal.
great cubicuboctahedronnoun	(geometry) A nonconvex uniform polyhedron that has faces of eight triangles, six squares and six octagrams
pentahedronnoun	(geometry) A polyhedron with five faces.
muoctahedronnoun	(geometry) A regular skew apeirohedron with four hexagons around each vertex, formed by an infinite number of octahedron-like cells (specifically, truncated octahedra missing their square faces, and joined by the resulting square-shaped holes) in Euclidean 3D space.
heptahedronnoun	(geometry) A polyhedron with seven faces.
didodecahedronnoun	(geometry) A solid with 24 faces consisting of scalene triangles.
platonic solidnoun	(geometry) Any of five convex polyhedra with congruent regular polygonal faces, which have a high degree of symmetry and have been studied since antiquity.
cubicuboctahedronnoun	(geometry) Either of two star polyhedra whose square faces are parallel to a square and whose triangular faces are parallel to those of an octahedron
truncated icosahedronnoun	(geometry) A polyhedron that has thirty-two faces (12 regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons) and 60 vertices and 90 edges, and is one of the Archimedean solids.
truncated octahedronnoun	A zonohedron that has 14 faces (eight regular hexagons and six squares) and 36 edges and is an Archimedean solid.
hexakisoctahedronnoun	A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.
icosaedronnoun	Alternative spelling of icosahedron. [(geometry) A polyhedron with twenty faces.]
rhombicuboctahedronnoun	(geometry) An Archimedean solid with eight triangular and eighteen square faces; the small rhombicuboctahedron.