hendecahedral

hendecahedral

A mathematician holds a small, clear hendecahedral crystal model.

Definition

Adjective: (Geometry) Relating to or having the form of a hendecahedron, which is a solid figure with eleven faces.

Usage Examples
  • (The crystal had the shape of a solid with eleven faces.)
  • (We analyzed solids with eleven flat surfaces.)
  • (The building's foundation had eleven sides.)
Advanced Usage
  • "hendecahedral symmetry": a type of symmetry found in polyhedra with eleven faces.

    • The mineral's hendecahedral symmetry made it unique among the samples. (The eleven-faced solid had a distinct symmetrical arrangement.)
  • "hendecahedral face": one of the eleven plane surfaces of a hendecahedron.

    • Each hendecahedral face was a pentagon in this particular model. (Every one of the eleven sides was a five-sided polygon.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Hendecahedron (n): a solid figure with eleven faces.
    • The hendecahedron is a polyhedron studied in solid geometry. (A three-dimensional shape with eleven flat surfaces.)
  • Hendecagonal (adj): relating to a hendecagon, an eleven-sided polygon.
    • The base of the prism was hendecagonal. (The bottom was an eleven-sided shape.)
Synonyms
  • Eleven-faced: having eleven surfaces.
  • Polyhedral: relating to a solid with many faces (general term).
Related Idioms
  • (No common idioms; the word is highly technical and used primarily in mathematics and crystallography.)