Octahedron

Octahedron
Octahedron Oc`ta*he"dron, n. [Gr.?, fr. ? eight-side; 'okta- (for 'oktw` eight) + ? seat, base, from ? to sit.] (Geom.) A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles. [1913 Webster]

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