Hill tetrahedron

noun

Any of a certain family of space-filling tetrahedra that are scissor-congruent to a cube.

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Meanings

nounHill tetrahedron (plural Hill tetrahedra)

plural Hill tetrahedra

  1. geometryAny of a certain family of space-filling tetrahedra that are scissor-congruent to a cube.

Origin

Discovered in 1896 by M. J. M. Hill, professor of mathematics at the University College London.

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