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单词 rhombohedron
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rhombohedron

[ rom-buh-hee-druhn ]
/ ˌrɒm bəˈhi drən /

noun, plural rhom·bo·he·drons, rhom·bo·he·dra [rom-buh-hee-druh]. /ˌrɒm bəˈhi drə/.

a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.

Origin of rhombohedron

1830–40; <Greek rhómbo(s) rhombus + -hedron

OTHER WORDS FROM rhombohedron

rhom·bo·he·dral, adjective

Words nearby rhombohedron

rhombic, rhombic aerial, rhombo-, rhombocele, rhombohedral, rhombohedron, rhomboid, rhomboidal sinus, rhomboideus, rhomboid fossa, rhomboid ligament
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Example sentences from the Web for rhombohedron

  • This plane, which truncates the edge of the rhombohedron and has the indices , is called a “glide-plane.”

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7|Various
  • As in the other rhombohedral carbonates, the crystals possess perfect cleavages parallel to the faces of the rhombohedron.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4|Various

British Dictionary definitions for rhombohedron

rhombohedron
/ (ˌrɒmbəʊˈhiːdrən) /

noun

a six-sided prism whose sides are parallelograms

Word Origin for rhombohedron

C19: from rhombus + -hedron
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Scientific definitions for rhombohedron

rhombohedron
[ rŏm′bō-hēdrən ]

Plural rhombohedrons rhombohedra

A prism with six faces, each a rhombus.
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