Octahedron - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Octahedron :  (noun)

1: any polyhedron having eight plane faces

Based on WordNet 2.0

Octahedron : \Oc`ta*he"dron\, n. [Gr.?, fr. ? eight-side; ? (for ? eight) _ ? seat, base, from ? to sit.] (Geom.) A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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