polyhedricadj.
/ˌpɒlɪˈhiːdrɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈhidrɪk/ 1. Having the form of a polyhedron; = polyhedral adj. 1a.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > three-dimensional > having number of faces > polyhedral
polyhedrala1652
polyhedrical1654
polyhedrous1678
polyhedric1786
1786 Catal. Portland Mus. (Skinner & Co.) 42 Lead Ore in polyhedric Crystals.
1793 W. Rowley Rational Pract. Physic III. 394 Whether a polyedric cornea produces a diplopia is doubtful.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xliii. 400 The ice, broken into polyhedric masses, gave at a few hundred yards no indications to the eye of the lines of separation.
1918 Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 18 205/2 These cells are large and mostly polyhedric... Mitoses are found, though rarely.
1966 R. Rasmont in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. i. vi. 66 Archaeocytes..pressed together so as to become polyhedric.
1998 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 353 1556/2 The embryonic mantle is formed by polyhedric and vacuolated cells.
2. figurative. Having many sides or aspects; multifaceted. Now rare.
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a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III Ded. in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 236/2 Peter is a polyhedric Peter, or a Peter with many sides... He is a Proteus of a Peter.
1893 Sat. Rev. 28 Jan. 88/1 Most questions are polyhedric.
1917 L. Carnovale Why Italy entered Great War 262 The social question is polyhedric. And the economic problem is none other than a part of the social question.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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