Etymology

triakis octahedron

Today it means: A Catalan solid with 24 isosceles triangle faces, 36 edges and 14 vertices, being the dual of the truncated cube. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τριάκις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτριάκις“thrice”
  2. English todaytriakis octahedron

From Ancient Greek τριάκις (triákis, “thrice”) + English octahedron

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