n. [ Gr. &unr_; thrice + FE. octahedron. ] (Crystallog.) A solid of the isometric system bounded by twenty-four equal faces, three corresponding to each face of an octahedron. [ 1913 Webster ] Tetragonal trisoctahedron, a trisoctahedron each face of which is a quadrilateral; called also trapezohedron and icositetrahedron. -- Trigonal trisoctahedron, a trisoctahedron each face of which is an isosceles triangle. [ 1913 Webster ]
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