English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• /pɒli'hiːdrən/
• /pQli"hi:dr@n/

Noun

1. A solid figure with many faces.
2. A polyscope, or multiplying glass.

Translations

Hypernyms

• abstract polyhedron
• polytope

Hyponyms

• convex polyhedron
• star polyhedron
• uniform polyhedron
• dual polyhedron
• noble polyhedron
• regular polyhedron
  • Platonic solid
    • cube
  • Kepler-Poinsot polyhedron
• quasiregular polyhedron
  • Archimedean solid
  • Catalan solid
• semiregular polyhedron
  • Archimedean solid
  • Catalan solid
  • prism
  • antiprism
  • dipyramid
  • trapezohedron
• dodecahedron
• hexahedron
• icosahedron
• octahedron
• tetrahedron
• deltahedron
• Johnson solid
• zonohedron

See also

• spherical polyhedron
• apeirohedron
• tessellation
• Schläfli symbol