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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Octahedron  \Oc`ta*he"dron\,  n.  [Gr.?,  fr  ?  eight-side;  ?  (for  ? 
  eight)  +  ?  seat,  base,  from  ?  to  sit.]  (Geom.) 
  A  solid  bounded  by  eight  faces.  The  regular  octahedron  is 
  contained  by  eight  equal  equilateral  triangles. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  octahedron 
  n  :  any  polyhedron  having  eight  plane  faces 




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