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trisoctahedron

trisoctahedron


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trisoctahedron  \Tris*oc`ta*he"dron\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  thrice  +  FE 
  octahedron.]  (Crystallog.) 
  A  solid  of  the  isometric  system  bounded  by  twenty-four  equal 
  faces,  three  corresponding  to  each  face  of  an  octahedron. 
 
  {Tetragonal  trisoctahedron},  a  trisoctahedron  each  face  of 
  which  is  a  quadrilateral;  called  also  {trapezohedron}  and 
  {icositetrahedron}. 
 
  {Trigonal  trisoctahedron},  a  trisoctahedron  each  face  of 
  which  is  an  isosceles  triangle.