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Meaning of RHOMBOHEDRON

Pronunciation:  `râmbu'heedrun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
 
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 See Also: hexahedron, parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rhom`bo*he"dron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? rhomb + ???
seat, base.] (Geom. & Crystallog.)
A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.
 
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