TRISOCTAHEDRA

Noun

trisoctahedra

plural of trisoctahedron

Source: Wiktionary


TRISOCTAHEDRON

Tris*oc`ta*he"dron, n. Etym: [Gr. octahedron.] (Crystallog.)

Definition: A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron. Tetragonal trisoctahedron, a trisoctahedron each face of which is a quadrilateral; called also trapezohedron and icositetrahedron.

– Trigonal trisoctahedron, a trisoctahedron each face of which is an isosceles triangle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HABIT

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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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