trapezohedron

[truh-pee-zuh-hee-druhn, trap-uh-]

noun

plural

trapezohedrons, trapezohedra 

1. Crystallography.,  a crystal form having all faces trapeziums.

2. Geometry.,  a trapezoid trisoctahedron.

trapezohedron

/ trəˌpiːzəʊˈhiːdrən /

noun

1. crystallog a crystal form in which all the crystal's faces are trapeziums

Other Word Forms

• trapezohedral adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of trapezohedron¹

First recorded in 1810–20; trapez(oid) + -o + -hedron

Word History and Origins

Origin of trapezohedron¹

C19: from trapezo- combining form of _trapezium + _-hedron , on the model of _tetrahedron

Example Sentences

Bounded by twenty-four trapezoidal faces, and hence sometimes called a “trapezohedron.”

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