tetrakaidekahedron

English

Alternative forms

• tetrakaidecahedron

Etymology

From tetrakaideka- +‎ -hedron.

Noun

tetrakaidekahedron (plural tetrakaidekahedrons or tetrakaidekahedra)

1. (mathematics) A solid figure having fourteen faces.
   • 2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 81:

     Two large flat surfaces and twelve edge facets make each squame a fourteen-sided solid or tetrakaidecahedron.

Synonyms

• tetradecahedron

Related terms

• tetrakaidekahedral

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989