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tetrahedron

[ te-truh-hee-druhn ]

noun

plural tetrahedrons, tetrahedra
  1. Geometry. a solid contained by four plane faces; a triangular pyramid.
  2. any of various objects resembling a tetrahedron in the distribution of its faces or apexes.


tetrahedron

/ ˌɛٰəˈːə /

noun

  1. a solid figure having four plane faces. A regular tetrahedron has faces that are equilateral triangles See also polyhedron
  2. any object shaped like a tetrahedron
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tetrahedron

/ ĕ′rə-ŧə /

, Plural tetrahedrons

  1. A polyhedron having four faces.
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٱٰˈ, adjective
  • ˌٱٰˈly, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tetrahedron1

1560–70; tetra- + -hedron, modeled on Late Greek ٱٰáDz, noun use of neuter of ٱٰáDz four-sided
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tetrahedron1

C16: from New Latin, from Late Greek tetraedron; see tetra- , -hedron
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One part copper, two parts vanadium and four parts sulfur, the alloy features a 3D pyrochlore lattice consisting of corner-sharing tetrahedra.

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For example, a tetrahedron, a solid three-dimensional pyramid with four triangular faces, would fill in a group of four neurons firing together.

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Off the shores of Long Beach, where sails could catch wind, a white fleet clustered around orange buoys shaped like tetrahedrons.

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It’s actually a tetrahedron from which all kinds of creative characters pop forth.

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Bell and his team, called the Aerial Experiment Association, ultimately focused their kite designs on tetrahedrons, or pyramids made of four triangles, and biplane structures, several of which used red silk.

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