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polyhedron

/pol-ee-hee-druhn/US // ˌpɒl iˈhi drən //UK // (ˌpɒlɪˈhiːdrən) //

多面体,多角形,多角体

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pol·y·he·drons, pol·y·he·dra [pol-ee-hee-druh]. /ˌpɒl iˈhi drə/.

    • : a solid figure having many faces.

Examples

  • If we make a polyhedron out of clay, mark the edges with a Sharpie, and roll it into a ball, the faces and edges become curved but their number doesn’t change.

  • Synacral, sin-ak′ral, adj. having a common vertex, as faces of a polyhedron.

  • Crime, he admitted, is a very complex phenomenon; it is a sort of polyhedron, of which every one sees a special side.

  • "Polyhedron" is from the Greek polys (many) and hedra (seat).

  • The points thus obtained are evidently the vertices of a polyhedron with plane faces.

  • In the first place, each of these figures may be conceived as an orthogonal projection of a closed plane-faced polyhedron.