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deltahedron

noun

Etymology

From delta (Greek letter) + -hedron referring to the triangular shape of the letter.

  1. derived from *dalt-✻
  2. derived from δέλτα
  3. formed as deltahedron — “delta + -hedron”

Definitions

  1. A polyhedron whose faces are all equilateral triangles.

    • There are infinitely many deltahedra, but only eight that are convex.

The neighborhood

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