tristetrahedron

noun

tris·​tetrahedron

(¦)tris,

trəs+

: a solid (as a crystal) of the tetrahedral class of the isometric system having 12 triangular faces and related to the trapezohedron of the holohedral class compare deltohedron

Word History

Etymology

tris- + tetrahedron

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