Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystalline form belonging to the isometric system and contained under forty-eight equal triangular faces. Also called
adamantoid , because it is a common form of the diamond. Alsohexakisoctahedron .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geom.) A solid having forty-eight equal triangular faces.
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- noun geometry A
solid with forty-eightequal triangular faces .
Etymologies
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hex- + octahedron
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