rhombohedron Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)

WordNet


Rhom`bo*he"dron noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. rhomb + seat, base.
Definitions
  1. (Geom. & Crystallog.) A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.

Webster 1913