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Octahedron   /ˌɑktəhˈidrən/   Listen
Octahedron

noun
(pl. octahedrons, octahedra)
1.
Any polyhedron having eight plane faces.



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"Octahedron" Quotes from Famous Books



... state of our globe, and its crystal-like cleavage. After a few preliminary remarks about mountains, rocks, dikes and their line of direction, he shews that the globe presents the form approximately of a great octahedron (eight-sided figure); and further, that the three axial planes which such a form necessitates, may be described by existing circles round the earth: the first being Himalaya and Chimborazo; starting from Cape Finisterre, passing to India, Borneo, ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 - Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852 • Various


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