hosohedron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tessellation of lunes on a spherical surface, such that each lune shares the same two vertices.

Word forms

hosohedron hosohedra

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὅσος (hósos, “as much as”) + -hedron, in the sense of "as many faces as desired".

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