trapezohedron Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a polyhedron whose faces are trapeziums

WordNet

Trap`e*zo*he"dron noun
Etymology
NL., from trapezium + Gr. seat, base, fr. to sit.
Definitions
  1. (Crystalloq.) (a) A solid bounded by twenty-four equal and similar trapeziums; a tetragonal trisoctahedron. See the Note under Trisoctahedron. (b) A tetartohedral solid of the hexagonal system, bounded by six trapezoidal planes. The faces of this form are common on quartz crystals.

Webster 1913