muoctahedron

English

A finite portion of a muoctahedron

Etymology

Short for multiple octahedron.

Pronunciation

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Noun

muoctahedron (plural muoctahedra or muoctahedrons)

1. (geometry) A regular skew apeirohedron with four hexagons around each vertex, formed by an infinite number of octahedron-like cells (specifically, truncated octahedra missing their square faces, and joined by the resulting square-shaped holes) in Euclidean 3D space.

Related terms

• mucube
• mutetrahedron

Translations

regular skew apeirohedron

• Japanese: 六角四片四角孔ねじれ正多面体 (ろっかくしへんしかくこうねじれせいためんたい, rokkakushihenshikakukōnejireseitamentai)

Further reading

• Regular skew apeirohedron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia