tetrahexahedronn.
Geometry.
A solid figure contained by twenty-four planes: †(a) see quots. 1816, 1860 (obsolete); (b) = tetrakis-hexahedron n.
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icosahedron1570
icosidodecahedron1570
icosaeder1656
chiliahedron1690
tetrahexahedron1816
icositetrahedron1831
trisoctahedron1837
pentahexahedron1857
hexakisoctahedron1878
tetrakaidekahedron1894
triacontahedron1939
1816 [see tetrahexahedral adj. at Derivatives].
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tetrahexahedron, a solid bounded by twenty-four equal faces, four corresponding to each face of the cube.
1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Tetrahexahedron,..a figure having four ranges of bases, or faces, six in each range.
Derivatives
tetrahexaˈhedral adj. pertaining to, or having the form of, a tetrahexahedron.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > three-dimensional > having number of faces > having twenty-four faces
tetrahexahedral1816
triakisoctahedrid1878
trisoctahedral1891
1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 199 A Crystal is..tetrahexahedral..when its surface consists of..four..ranges of planes, disposed six and six above each other.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tetrahexahedral, in crystalography, exhibiting four ranges of faces, one above another, each range containing six faces.
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