'Trapezohedron' definitions:
Definition of 'trapezohedron'
(from WordNet)
noun
A polyhedron whose faces are trapeziums
Definition of 'Trapezohedron'
From: GCIDE
- Trapezohedron \Trap`e*zo*he"dron\, n. [NL., from trapezium + Gr. ? seat, base, fr. ? to sit.] (Crystalloq.) (a) A solid bounded by twenty-four equal and similar trapeziums; a tetragonal trisoctahedron. See the Note under Trisoctahedron. (b) A tetartohedral solid of the hexagonal system, bounded by six trapezoidal planes. The faces of this form are common on quartz crystals. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'trapezohedron'
From: GCIDE
- Trisoctahedron \Tris*oc`ta*he"dron\, n. [Gr. ? thrice + FE. octahedron.] (Crystallog.) A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron. [1913 Webster]
- Tetragonal trisoctahedron, a trisoctahedron each face of which is a quadrilateral; called also trapezohedron and icositetrahedron.
- Trigonal trisoctahedron, a trisoctahedron each face of which is an isosceles triangle. [1913 Webster] Trispast