"holyhedron" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: holyhedra [plural]
Etymology: Blend of hole or holey and polyhedron Etymology templates: {{blend|en|hole}} Blend of hole, {{m|en|holey}} holey, {{m|en|polyhedron}} polyhedron Head templates: {{en-noun|holyhedra}} holyhedron (plural holyhedra)
  1. (geometry) A polyhedron with a finite number of faces and with a polygonal hole in every face, the holes' boundaries sharing no point with each other or the face's boundary. Categories (topical): Geometry, Polyhedra Translations (Translations): reikäinen monitahokas (Finnish), wielościan z dziurami [masculine] (Polish), холиэдр (xoliedr) [masculine] (Russian)

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