trisoctahedron. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

trisoctahedron


SYLLABICATION:	tris·oc·ta·he·dron
PRONUNCIATION:	trs-kt-hdrn
NOUN:	Inflected forms: pl. tris·oc·ta·he·drons or tris·oc·ta·he·dra (-dr) A solid figure having 24 equal faces, every three of which correspond to one face of an octahedron.
ETYMOLOGY:	Greek tris, thrice; see trei- in Appendix I + octahedron.
OTHER FORMS:	tris·octa·hedral (-drl) —ADJECTIVE


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