hemihedron Synonyms

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hemihedron Meaning

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hemihedron (n.)

A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron.

hemihedron Sentence Examples

  1. The mineral pyrite forms as beautiful hemihedrons, displaying half the expected symmetry.
  2. In geometry, a hemihedron refers to a polyhedron with one face dissected diagonally, resulting in two unequal parts.
  3. The hemihedron of a cube has eight faces, six of which are quadrilaterals and two are triangles.
  4. The truncated octahedron is a hemihedron, with eight hexagonal and six square faces.
  5. The tetrahemihexahedron is a hemihedron with 12 triangular and 8 hexagonal faces.
  6. The pentagonal hemihedron is a shape with 10 triangular and 2 pentagonal faces.
  7. In crystallography, a hemihedron is a half-crystal, with only half of the faces present.
  8. The hemihedron of a tetrahedron has three triangular faces and one square face.
  9. The hemihedron of a hexagonal prism has six rectangular and two triangular faces.
  10. The hemihedron of a rhombic dodecahedron has 12 rhombohedral faces, each divided into two equal parts by a diagonal plane.

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A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron.

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The mineral pyrite forms as beautiful hemihedrons, displaying half the expected symmetry.

In geometry, a hemihedron refers to a polyhedron with one face dissected diagonally, resulting in two unequal parts.

The hemihedron of a cube has eight faces, six of which are quadrilaterals and two are triangles.

The truncated octahedron is a hemihedron, with eight hexagonal and six square faces.