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octahedron en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀκτάεδρον (oktáedron). By surface analysis, octa- + -hedron.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

hexoctahedron · triakis octahedron · cuboctahedron · hyperoctahedron · superoctahedron · hexakisoctahedron · trisoctahedron · cubooctahedron · truncated octahedron · stellated octahedron

Relateds

octahedral

Translations (34)

cmn 八面體 /八面体 (a polyhedron with eight faces) · es octaedro (a polyhedron with eight faces) · id bidang delapan (a polyhedron with eight faces) · ca octaedre (a polyhedron with eight faces) · sv oktaeder (a polyhedron with eight faces) · ko 팔면체 (a polyhedron with eight faces) · de Oktaeder (a polyhedron with eight faces) · da oktaeder (a polyhedron with eight faces) · is áttflötungur (a polyhedron with eight faces) · ja 八面体 (a polyhedron with eight faces) · tl waldayag (a polyhedron with eight faces) · de Achtflächner (a polyhedron with eight faces) · nl achtvlak (a polyhedron with eight faces) · ru восьмигра́нник (a polyhedron with eight faces) · hu oktaéder (a polyhedron with eight faces) · la octahedrum (a polyhedron with eight faces) · fr octaèdre (a polyhedron with eight faces) · nl octaëder (a polyhedron with eight faces) · pt octaedro (a polyhedron with eight faces) · ru окта́эдр (a polyhedron with eight faces) · cs osmistěn (a polyhedron with eight faces) · grc ὀκτάεδρον (a polyhedron with eight faces) · de 8-Flächner (a polyhedron with eight faces) · pl oktaedr (a polyhedron with eight faces) · it ottaedro (a polyhedron with eight faces) · vi bát diện (a polyhedron with eight faces) · pl ośmiościan (a polyhedron with eight faces) · eo okedro (a polyhedron with eight faces) · cs oktaedr (a polyhedron with eight faces) · hi अष्टफलक (a polyhedron with eight faces) · bg октаедър (a polyhedron with eight faces) · fi oktaedri (a polyhedron with eight faces) · id oktahedron (a polyhedron with eight faces) · ca octàedre (a polyhedron with eight faces)