English Explanatory Dictionary

dihedral group

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a group of symmetries of a regular polygon

Word forms

dihedral group dihedral groups

Etymology

From di- and -hedron; so called because the polygon, when it can be reflected along certain axes of symmetry, has two faces: its upper side and its underside.

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