polyhedral
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of polyhedral
1805–15; < Greek polýedr ( os ) many-based ( see polyhedron) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Firstly, imperfect polyhedral building blocks or those with entirely different shapes can be assembled into highly ordered space-filling structures.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024
They employed them to show that you can, in a sense, hear the shapes of rooms—specifically convex, polyhedral ones.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 28, 2022
Some viral capsids are simple polyhedral “spheres,” whereas others are quite complex in structure.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
With the help of an evolving rule book, seven polyhedral dice, addition skills and flexible imaginations, players determine their characters’ backgrounds, strengths, moral alignments and traits.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2022
The largest may become crystalline, changing suddenly into polyhedral bodies with evident double refraction and the optical properties belonging to crystals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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