As nouns the difference between polyhedron and stellation
is that polyhedron is (geometry) a solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges while stellation is (mathematics) the construction of a stellated polyhedron (or other polytope) by extending edges or planes.
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
stellation
English
Noun
(
wikipedia stellation)
(
en noun)
(mathematics) The construction of a stellated polyhedron (or other polytope) by extending edges or planes.
(obsolete) radiation of light
