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trapezohedron
tra·pe·zo·he·dron
/
trəˌpi
zəˈhi
drən, ˌtræp
ə-
/
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[
tr
uh
-pee-z
uh
-
hee
-dr
uh
n, trap-
uh
-
]
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noun,
plural
tra·pe·zo·he·drons,
tra·pe·zo·he·dra
/
-drə
/
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[
-dr
uh
]
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.
1.
Crystallography
.
a crystal form having all faces trapeziums.
2.
Geometry
.
a
trapezoid
trisoctahedron.
Origin:
1810–20;
trapez(oid)
+
-o
+
-hedron
Related forms
tra·pe·zo·he·dral,
adjective
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World English Dictionary
trapezohedron
(trəˌpiːzəʊˈhiːdrən)
—
n
,
pl
-drons
,
-dra
crystallog
a crystal form in which all the crystal's faces are trapeziums
[C19: from
trapezo-
combining form of
trapezium
+
-hedron
, on the model of
tetrahedron
]
trapezo'hedral
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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