polyhedral

English

Alternative forms

• polyedric (obsolete)
• polyedrical (obsolete)
• polyedrous (obsolete)
• polyhedric
• polyhedrical (Walter Charleton, 1620–1707)
• polyhedrous

Etymology

poly- +‎ -hedral

Adjective

polyhedral (comparative more polyhedral, superlative most polyhedral)

1. (mathematics, geometry) Of, pertaining to or derived from a polyhedron.
2. (geometry, of a solid or surface) Having multiple planar faces or facets.
3. (aeronautics, of a fixed-wing aircraft) Having multiple dihedral angles along the wingspan.

Derived terms

• heteropolyhedral

Related terms

• polyhedron

Translations

(geometry) having multiple planar faces or facets

• Aragonese: poliedrico
• Asturian: poliédricu
• Belarusian: шматгра́нны (šmathránny)
• Catalan: polièdric (ca)
• Czech: mnohostěnný
• Finnish: monitahkoinen
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• Japanese: 多面体の (ja) (ためんたいの, tamentai no)
• Polish: wielościenny (pl)
• Portuguese: poliédrica f, poliédrico m
• Russian: полиэдра́льный (ru) (poliedrálʹnyj), многогра́нный (ru) (mnogogránnyj)
• Spanish: poliédrico
• Ukrainian: багатогра́нний (uk) (bahatohránnyj)