trapezohedron

tra·pe·zo·he·dron

T0327500 (trə-pē′zō-hē′drən, trăp′ĭ-zō-)n. pl. tra·pe·zo·he·drons or tra·pe·zo·he·dra (-drə) Any of several forms of crystal with trapeziums as faces.

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[trapez(ium) + -hedron.]

trapezohedron

(trəˌpiːzəʊˈhiːdrən) n, pl -drons or -dra (-drə) (Chemistry) crystallog a crystal form in which all the crystal's faces are trapeziums[C19: from trapezo- combining form of trapezium + -hedron, on the model of tetrahedron] traˌpezoˈhedral adj

tra•pe•zo•he•dron

(trəˌpi zəˈhi drən, ˌtræp ə-)

n., pl. -drons, -dra (-drə) a crystal form having all faces trapeziums. [1810–20]

Thesaurus

Noun

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trapezohedron - a polyhedron whose faces are trapeziumspolyhedron - a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces