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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tetrahedron  \Tet`ra*he"dron\,  n.  [Tetra-  +  Gr  ?  seat,  base,  fr 
  ?  to  sit.]  (Geom.) 
  A  solid  figure  inclosed  or  bounded  by  four  triangles. 
 
  Note:  In  crystallography,  the  regular  tetrahedron  is  regarded 
  as  the  hemihedral  form  of  the  regular  octahedron. 
 
  {Regular  tetrahedron}  (Geom.),  a  solid  bounded  by  four  equal 
  equilateral  triangles;  one  of  the  five  regular  solids. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tetrahedron 
  n  :  any  polyhedron  having  four  plane  faces 




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