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Polyhedron vs Isohedral - What's the difference?

polyhedron | isohedral |

In geometry|lang=en terms the difference between polyhedron and isohedral

is that polyhedron is (geometry) a solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges while isohedral is (geometry) describing a polyhedron or a tiling all of whose faces are the same.

As a noun polyhedron

is (geometry) a solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.

As an adjective isohedral is

(geometry) describing a polyhedron or a tiling all of whose faces are the same.

polyhedron

English

(wikipedia polyhedron)

Alternative forms

* polyedron

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (geometry) A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.
  • (optics) A polyscope, or multiplying glass.

    • Hypernyms

    * abstract polyhedron * polytope

    Hyponyms

    * convex polyhedron * star polyhedron * uniform polyhedron * dual polyhedron * noble polyhedron * regular polyhedron ** Platonic solid *** cube ** Kepler-Poinsot polyhedron * quasiregular polyhedron ** Archimedean solid ** Catalan solid * semiregular polyhedron ** Archimedean solid ** Catalan solid ** prism ** antiprism ** dipyramid ** trapezohedron * dodecahedron * hexahedron * icosahedron * octahedron * tetrahedron * deltahedron * Johnson solid * zonohedron See also

    See also

    * spherical polyhedron * apeirohedron * tessellation * English nouns with irregular plurals

    isohedral

    English

    Adjective

    (isohedral figure) (-)
  • (geometry) Describing a polyhedron or a tiling all of whose faces are the same