octahedron
noun
a solid figure having eight faces.
octahedrons
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pluralof octahedron.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These materials contained the rings of classic chain mail but also octahedrons with different angles or fewer cross struts.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 20, 2021
Adjacent octahedrons were rotated 90 degrees from one another and connected at the corners.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 20, 2021
Scientists created a platinum alloy blended with nickel, forming three-dimensional shapes at the nanometer scale -- in this case, octahedrons.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2013
He built each piece originally in tiny paper tetrahedrons, octahedrons or dodecahedrons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such ore is found in rich grey masses, yielding a black dust crystallized in regular octahedrons, highly magnetic, and in Europe the best quality of iron is made from it.
From The Mysterious Island by Stephen W. White
