noun
- plural of trapezohedron; polyhedra with faces that are congruent kites or trapezoids
Usage: geometry; crystallography
Examples
- The mineral pyrite often forms trapezohedra with twelve pentagonal faces.
- In crystallography, trapezohedra are classified as closed forms.
- The geometry student studied various trapezohedra in her solid figures unit.
- Garnet crystals frequently exhibit trapezohedra shapes.
- The museum’s mineral collection included several beautiful trapezohedra specimens.