hemihedron (Meaning)
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hemihedron (n.)
A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron.
Synonyms & Antonyms of hemihedron
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hemihedron Sentence Examples
- 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.
- The tetrahemihexahedron is a hemihedron with 12 triangular and 8 hexagonal faces.
- The pentagonal hemihedron is a shape with 10 triangular and 2 pentagonal faces.
- In crystallography, a hemihedron is a half-crystal, with only half of the faces present.
- The hemihedron of a tetrahedron has three triangular faces and one square face.
- The hemihedron of a hexagonal prism has six rectangular and two triangular faces.
- The hemihedron of a rhombic dodecahedron has 12 rhombohedral faces, each divided into two equal parts by a diagonal plane.
FAQs About the word hemihedron
A solid hemihedrally derived. The tetrahedron is a hemihedron.
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
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.
