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nountetrakaidekahedron (plural tetrakaidekahedrons or tetrakaidekahedra)
plural tetrakaidekahedrons · plural tetrakaidekahedra · alternative tetrakaidecahedron
- mathematicsA solid figure having fourteen faces.
Two large flat surfaces and twelve edge facets make each squame a fourteen-sided solid or tetrakaidecahedron.
2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 81Synonyms: tetradecahedron
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nounA solid figure having fourteen faces.
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