polyhedron

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

poliedro

Sinónimos

polytope

polyhedra

polyhedral

prismoid

Traducciones

Polyeder

polyèdre

poliedro

políedre

poliedro

poliedre

Vielflächner

πολύεδρον

πολύεδρο

veelvlak

çokyüzlü

مُتعدِّد السُّطُوح

Poliedros

çok düzlemli

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɒliˈhiːdɹən/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con francés: polyèdre

In summary

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.