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octahedron
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octahedron: see polyhedron polyhedron (pŏl'ēhē`drən), closed solid bounded by plane faces; each face of a polyhedron is a polygon .
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octahedron
a solid figure having eight plane faces

octahedron [‚ak·tə′hē·drən]
(mathematics)
A polyhedron having eight faces, each of which is an equilateral triangle.


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Unlike basic units of silicon oxide and other metal oxides in widely used porous crystalline materials, the germanium-oxide units form secondary structures that contain six tetrahedra and four octahedra.
Additionally, the Crockett Corner enabled some unique approaches for constructing cubes, octahedra, and other polyhedra (Figure 1).
 
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