noun
Meaning 1
A prism with six faces, each a rhombus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rhombohedron
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noun
Meaning 2
a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: parallelepiped, parallelopiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopipedon, hexahedron
History
Etymology
From rhombo- + -hedron.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: romboedre — prism with six faces, each a rhombus
- Catalan: rombòedre — prism with six faces, each a rhombus
- Finnish: romboedri — prism with six faces, each a rhombus
- French: rhomboèdre — prism with six faces, each a rhombus
- German: Rhomboeder — prism with six faces, each a rhombus
- Italian: romboedro — prism with six faces, each a rhombus
- Polish: rombościan — prism with six faces, each a rhombus
- Polish: romboedr — prism with six faces, each a rhombus
- Russian: ромбоэдр (romboedr) — prism with six faces, each a rhombus
- Spanish: romboedro — prism with six faces, each a rhombus