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Polyhedron

A body or solid contained by many sides or planes.

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Decahedron 76% connected

A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.

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Dodecahedron 76% connected

A solid having twelve faces.

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Hexahedron 76% connected

A solid body of six sides or faces.

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Icosahedron 76% connected

A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces.

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Octahedron 76% connected

A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.

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Pentahedron 76% connected

A solid figure having five sides.

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Prism 76% connected

A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.

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Pyramid 76% connected

A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this s…

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Tetrahedron 76% connected

A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.

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Trapezohedron 76% connected

A solid bounded by twenty-four equal and similar trapeziums; a tetragonal trisoctahedron. See the Note under Trisoctahedron.

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Solid 76% connected

Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard…

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Polyhedral 74% connected

Alt. of Polyhedrical

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Polyhedral 74% connected

Alt. of Polyhedrical

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Antiparallels n. pl. · 78% connection

Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.

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Berylloid noun · 78% connection

A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.

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Bevelled adjective · 78% connection

Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube…

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Bevelment noun · 78% connection

The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.

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Bilateral adjective · 78% connection

Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties.

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Blockhouse noun · 78% connection

An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper sto…

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Cone noun · 78% connection

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

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Content noun · 78% connection

Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents.

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Converse noun · 78% connection

A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the su…

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Coordinate noun · 78% connection

Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain…

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Cube noun · 78% connection

A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.

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Cubical adjective · 78% connection

Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.

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Cuproid noun · 78% connection

A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles.

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Cylinder noun · 78% connection

A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the…

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Cystic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.

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Dome noun · 78% connection

A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the…

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Element noun · 78% connection

An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinite…

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Face noun · 78% connection

That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of…

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