Definition of heptahedron in English:
heptahedron
nounPlural heptahedrons, Plural heptahedra ˌhɛptəˈhiːdrənˌhɛptəˈhidrən
A solid figure with seven plane faces.
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm trying to build a variety of knots and convex heptahedra with this set.
- Around the circle - in which the heptahedron lies - another seven-fold star can be constructed.
- We are aware that the dodecahedron dissected into four congruent heptahedrons could be positioned onto the bottom of the cube.
- Edges vanish, and it becomes a heptahedron, having three rhombic faces and four triangular faces.
- While all of the faces are regular and vertices equivalent, the heptahedron is self-intersecting and is therefore not considered an Archimedean solid.
Origin
Late 17th century: from hepta- 'seven' + -hedron, on the pattern of words such as polyhedron.
Definition of heptahedron in US English:
heptahedron
nounˌhɛptəˈhidrənˌheptəˈhēdrən
A solid figure with seven plane faces.
Example sentencesExamples
- Around the circle - in which the heptahedron lies - another seven-fold star can be constructed.
- I'm trying to build a variety of knots and convex heptahedra with this set.
- We are aware that the dodecahedron dissected into four congruent heptahedrons could be positioned onto the bottom of the cube.
- While all of the faces are regular and vertices equivalent, the heptahedron is self-intersecting and is therefore not considered an Archimedean solid.
- Edges vanish, and it becomes a heptahedron, having three rhombic faces and four triangular faces.
Origin
Late 17th century: from hepta- ‘seven’ + -hedron, on the pattern of words such as polyhedron.