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Webster 1913 Edition
octahedron
ocˊta-he′dron
(ŏkˊtȧ-hē′drŏn)
, Noun.
[Gr.
ὀκτάεδρον
, fr. ὀκτάεδροσ
eight-sided; ὀκτα-
(for ὀκτώ
eight) + ἕδρα
seat, base, from ἕζεσθαι
to sit.] (Geom.)
A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.
Webster 1828 Edition
Octahedron
OCTAHE'DRON
,Noun.
In geometry, a solid contained by eight equal and equilateral triangles. it is one of the five regular bodies.
Definition 2025
octahedron
octahedron
English
An octahedron
Noun
octahedron (plural octahedra or octahedrons)
- (geometry) a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.
Translations
a polyhedron with eight faces