polyhedron

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

poliedro

Poliedros

Sinônimos

polytope

polyhedra

polyhedral

prismoid

Traduções

Polyeder

polyèdre

poliedro

poliedro

políedre

poliedre

Vielflächner

πολύεδρον

πολύεδρο

veelvlak

çokyüzlü

مُتعدِّد السُّطُوح

çok düzlemli

الشكل المتعدد السطوح

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɒliˈhiːdɹən/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com francês: 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.