mutetrahedron

English

A finite portion of a mutetrahedron

Etymology

Short for multiple tetrahedron.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mutetrahedron (plural mutetrahedra or mutetrahedrons)

1. (geometry) A regular skew apeirohedron with six hexagons around each vertex, formed by an infinite number of truncated tetrahedron-like cells (specifically, truncated tetrahedra missing their triangle faces, with the resulting triangle-shaped holes joined to form empty spaces in the shape of faceless tetrahedra) in Euclidean 3D space.

Related terms

• mucube
• muoctahedron

Translations

regular skew apeirohedron

• Japanese: 六角六片三角孔ねじれ正多面体 (ろっかくろくへんさんかくこうねじれせいためんたい, rokkakurokuhenkakukōnejireseitamentai)

Further reading

• Regular skew apeirohedron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia