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trisoctahedron
tris·oc·ta·he·dron
[
tri sòktə hdrən
]
(
plural
tris·oc·ta·he·drons
or
tris·oc·ta·he·dra
[
tri sòktə hdrə
]
)
noun
Definition:
solid with 24 identical faces:
a solid with 24 identical triangular faces, each triplet of which rests on a face of an underlying octahedron
[
Mid-19th century. < Greek
tris
"thrice"
]
tris·oc·ta·he·dral
adjective
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