OCTAHEDRON


Meaning of OCTAHEDRON in English

/ok'teuh hee"dreuhn/ , n. , pl. octahedrons, octahedra /-dreuh/ .

a solid figure having eight faces.

[ 1560-70; oktáedron eight-sided (neut. of oktáedros ), equiv. to okta- OCTA- + -edron -HEDRON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .