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pentahedron en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpɛntaˈhiːdɹən/
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Etymology

From penta- + -hedron.

Meanings

1. A polyhedron with five faces.
   • Their tent was too small for them to stand, a long but low pentahedron, in shape like the triangular glass prism Saeed used to have as a child, with which he would refract sunlight into little rainbows. 2017, Mohsin Hamid, Exit West, Hamish Hamilton, page 106:

Forms

Relateds

pentahedral

Translations (23)

cmn 五面體 /五面体 (solid geometric figure) · is fimmflötungur (solid geometric figure) · cs pětistěn (solid geometric figure) · ca pentaedre (solid geometric figure) · pl pięciościan (solid geometric figure) · es pentaedro (solid geometric figure) · kk пентаэдр (solid geometric figure) · de Pentaeder (solid geometric figure) · ru пятигра́нник (solid geometric figure) · de Fünfflächner (solid geometric figure) · ko 오면체 (solid geometric figure) · hu pentaéder (solid geometric figure) · ca pentàedre (solid geometric figure) · fr pentaèdre (solid geometric figure) · bg петостен (solid geometric figure) · ja 五面体 (solid geometric figure) · nl pentaëder (solid geometric figure) · de 5-Flächner (solid geometric figure) · ru пента́эдр (solid geometric figure) · eo kvinedro (solid geometric figure) · nl vijfvlak (solid geometric figure) · fi pentaedri (solid geometric figure) · tl limdayag (solid geometric figure)