Meaning of trapezohedron | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of a class of polyhedra that have kite-shaped faces and are dual polyhedra of antiprisms.
2. A deltoidal icositetrahedron.

Equivalents

Examples

“The general form⟳ is called the tetragonal trapezohedron. In this case also there are both left- (Fig. 97) and right-handed (Fig. 98) forms.”

“This trapezohedron, or antidiamond, is composed of ten quadrilaterals. In each quadrilateral, three of the angles are 108° and one is 36°.”

“A trapezohedron has 24 equal faces, each a four-sided figure⟳ or trapezium. Unlike the forms already described, which are always the same, there are several different trapezohedrons, all having the same number⟳ of faces but differing in the angles between the faces.”

CEFR level