disphenoid
disphenoid · disphenoids
A non-regular tetrahedron whose four faces are congruent acute-angled trianglesA non-regular tetrahedron whose four faces are congruent acute-angled triangles.
Meaning
1 sensesA non-regular tetrahedron whose four faces are congruent acute-angled triangles.
Origin
From di- (“twice, double”) + sphenoid (“wedge-shaped crystal or bone of the skull”).From di- (“twice, double”) + sphenoid (“wedge-shaped crystal or bone of the skull”).
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Forms
plural: disphenoids| Singular | disphenoid |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsnon-regular tetrahedron with congruent faces:bisphenoidequifacial tetrahedronisosceles tetrahedron
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedsnub disphenoid
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.