polyhedron

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

polyèdre

Synonymes

polytope

polyhedra

polyhedral

prismoid

Traductions

Polyeder

poliedro

poliedro

políedre

poliedro

poliedre

πολύεδρον

Vielflächner

πολύεδρο

veelvlak

çokyüzlü

مُتعدِّد السُّطُوح

Poliedros

çok düzlemli

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɒliˈhiːdɹən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à français: 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.