Meaning

3 senses
  1. A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.

    Polyeder, Vielflach, Vielflächner

    многогра́нникmnogogránnik, полиэ́дрpoliédr

    багатогра́нникbahatohránnyk, многогра́нникmnohohránnyk

    a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces

  2. A polyscope, or multiplying glass.

  3. A stage in the growth of Hydrodictyon, when the resting spore breaks up into several megazoospores that put out horn-like appendages; these polyhedra break up into zoospores.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Each face of a polyhedron is a polygon.

    ruКаждая грань многогранника является многоугольником.

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Translations

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Origin

From New Latin polyedron, from Ancient Greek πολύεδρος (polúedros, “having many seats”), f

From New Latin polyedron, from Ancient Greek πολύεδρος (polúedros, “having many seats”), from πολυ- (polu-, “many”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”); compare French polyèdre. By surface analysis, poly- + -hedron.

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