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Octahedron vs Tetrahedral - What's the difference?

octahedron | tetrahedral |

As a noun octahedron

is (geometry) a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the platonic solids.

As an adjective tetrahedral is

in the shape of a tetrahedron.

octahedron

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (geometry) a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.

    • Related terms

    * octahedral English nouns with irregular plurals

    tetrahedral

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • in the shape of a tetrahedron
  • having four faces, four apices and six edges

    • Related terms

    * tetrahedron