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antiprism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h2énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Ancient Greek πρῑ́ω (prī́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ (prísmă)bor. Late Latin prismalbor. English prism English antiprism From anti- + prism.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 反稜柱 /反棱柱 (fǎnléngzhù) — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • Finnish: antiprisma — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • German: Antiprisma — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • Greek: αντιπρίσμα (antiprísma) — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • Hungarian: antiprizma — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • Italian: antiprisma — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • Japanese: 反角柱 (hankakuchū) — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • Kazakh: антипризма (antiprizma) — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • Korean: 엇각기둥 (eotgakgidung) — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • Persian: پادمنشور — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • Polish: antygraniastosłup — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • Portuguese: antiprisma — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • Russian: антипри́зма (antiprízma) — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
  • Spanish: antiprisma — a polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles
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