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tetrahedron

tet·ra·he·dron
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [te-truh-hee-druh n]
    • /ˌtɛ trəˈhi drən/
    • /ˌtet.rəˈhiː.drən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [te-truh-hee-druh n]
    • /ˌtɛ trəˈhi drən/

Definitions of tetrahedron word

  • noun plural tetrahedron Geometry. a solid contained by four plane faces; a triangular pyramid. 1
  • noun plural tetrahedron any of various objects resembling a tetrahedron in the distribution of its faces or apexes. 1
  • noun tetrahedron geometry: type of pyramid 1
  • noun tetrahedron a solid figure having four plane faces. A regular tetrahedron has faces that are equilateral triangles 0
  • noun tetrahedron any object shaped like a tetrahedron 0
  • noun tetrahedron a solid figure with four triangular faces 0
See all 6 definitions of tetrahedron

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Origin of tetrahedron

First appearance:

before 1560
One of the 32% oldest English words
1560-70; tetra- + -hedron, modeled on Late Greek tetráedron, noun use of neuter of tetráedros four-sided

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Parts of speech for Tetrahedron

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Tetrahedron

tetrahedron popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Related words

  • sorosilicate

    any of the silicates in which each silicate tetrahedron shares one of its four oxygen atoms with a neighboring tetrahedron, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being two to seven.

  • -hedron

    indicating a geometric solid having a specified number of faces or surfaces

  • geodesic dome

    a light, domelike structure developed by R. Buckminster Fuller to combine the properties of the tetrahedron and the sphere and consisting essentially of a grid of compression or tension members lying upon or parallel to great circles running in three directions in any given area, the typical form being the projection upon a sphere of an icosahedron, the triangular faces of which are filled with a symmetrical triangular, hexagonal, or quadrangular grid.

  • platonic solid

    one of the five regular polyhedrons: tetrahedron, octahedron, hexahedron, icosahedron, or dodecahedron.

  • polyhedron

    a solid figure having many faces.

  • simplex

    simple; consisting of or characterized by a single element.
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