polyhedral
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of polyhedral
1805–15; < Greek polýedr ( os ) many-based ( see polyhedron) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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The flexible DNA provides the wiggle room needed to accommodate slight imperfections in polyhedral nanoparticle size and shape.
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
When fully expanded the posterior end assumes a curious polyhedral form.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins
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