Meanings
plural enneahedra · plural enneahedrons
- geometryA polyhedron with nine faces.
1996, Michael O'Keeffe, Bruce G. Hyde, Crystal Structures, Number 1: Patterns & Symmetry, page 350, This is based on a packing of 36-vertex icosahedra [5¹².6⁸] and enneahedra (4³.5⁶].
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The enneahedron is a simple all-space filler discovered by myself, based on the cubic antiprism, again omitted by Wood.
1968, Design, numbers 229-234, unnumbered pageIn Figure 9.10.3 we see a projection of the skeleton of an enneahedron (a solid with nine faces). All the faces of this enneahedron are quadrilaterals.
2015, Claudi Alsina, Roger B. Nelsen, A Mathematical Space Odyssey: Solid Geometry in the 21st Century, page 191Synonyms: nonahedron
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA polyhedron with nine faces.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 九面體 /九面体
- 九面體 /九面体 (jiǔmiàntǐ)Translations
Esperanto naŭedro
- naŭedroTranslations
Finnish yhdeksäntahokas
- yhdeksäntahokasTranslations
French ennéaèdre
- ennéaèdreTranslations
German Enneaeder, Neunflächner
- EnneaederTranslations
- NeunflächnerTranslations
- 9-FlächnerTranslations
Japanese 九面体
- 九面体 (kyūmentai)Translations
Korean 구면체
- 구면체 (gumyeonche)Translations
Polish dziewięciobok
- dziewięciobokTranslations
Russian девятигранник
- девятигранник (devjatigrannik)Translations
Tagalog samdayag
- samdayagTranslations
Ukrainian дев'ятигранник
- дев'ятигранник (devʺjatyhrannyk)Translations
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enneahedron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enneahedron
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