triskaidekahedron

A form of triskaidecahedron — Synonym of tridecahedron.

Scrabble 30

Meanings

nountriskaidekahedron (plural triskaidekahedrons)

plural triskaidekahedrons

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of triskaidecahedron.

    The clock room was in the shape of a perfect triskaidekahedron, a thirteen-sided figure.

    1977, R. A. Lafferty, Apocalypses
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    Many plant cells, for example, are shaped like triskaidekahedrons; that is, they are roughly round but have 13 flat sides.

    1989, Modern Biology, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, page 65

    No doubt you are now acquiring the concept of a regular triskaidekahedron, or plane figure with thirteen equal sides, because I have just used the word.

    2013, D.L.C. Maclachlan, The Enigma of Perception, McGill-Queen’s University Press, →ISBN, page 55

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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