Rhombohedron

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rhombohedron \Rhom`bo*he"dron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? rhomb + ???
     seat, base.] (Geom. & Crystallog.)
     A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  rhombohedron
       n : a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either
           rhombuses or parallelograms)