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deltoidal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /dɛlˈtɔɪd.əl/

Etymology

From deltoid + -al.

Meanings

1. Resembling or shaped like a geometric kite (a deltoid); having the characteristics of a deltoid or pertaining to a polyhedron composed of kite-shaped faces.
   • Each face of the complex Catalan solid exhibits a distinctly deltoidal geometric boundary.
   • The deltoidal dodecahedron is another topological equivalence of a rhombic dodecahedron form. 2026 July 11, Wikipedia contributors, “Rhombic dodecahedron”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
   • The polyhedron's surface can be decomposed into twelve independent, non-overlapping deltoidal sections.
2. Of, relating to, or resembling the deltoid muscle of the shoulder or its surrounding region.
3. Of, relating to, or resembling a river delta.

Forms

Deriveds

deltoidal hexecontahedron · subdeltoidal · deltoidal icositetrahedron