tetrahedron
noun
a solid contained by four plane faces; a triangular pyramid.
tetrahedrons
-
pluralof tetrahedron.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
To precisely position the sensing components, the team built DNA tetrahedrons, which are small pyramid shaped nanostructures formed entirely from DNA.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026
Off the shores of Long Beach, where sails could catch wind, a white fleet clustered around orange buoys shaped like tetrahedrons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2022
But Georgia-born Dylan Neuwirth’s sculptures have the weight of esoteric significance, like symbols you’d find in a medieval alchemy book: lines, circles, tetrahedrons in eerie blues and reds.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
Modern tents are lighter and come in interesting shapes: tetrahedrons and domes.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2015
This involves a partial revolution of the two tetrahedrons in opposite directions around their common axis.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 by Various
