veelvlak

Definitions of veelvlak
  1. noun
    a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces
    synonyms: polyeder
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    omkeerprisma, prisma
    a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
    piramide
    a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
    tetraëder, viervlak
    any polyhedron having four plane faces
    pentaëder, vijfvlak
    any polyhedron having five plane faces
    zesvlak
    any polyhedron having six plane faces
    achtvlak, octaëder
    any polyhedron having eight plane faces
    decaëder, tienvlak
    any polyhedron having ten plane faces
    dodecaëder, twaalfvlak
    any polyhedron having twelve plane faces
    icosaëder
    any polyhedron having twenty plane faces
    blok, parallelepipedum, parallellepipedum
    a prism whose bases are parallelograms
    romboëder
    a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
    tetraëder
    a tetrahedron with four equilateral triangular faces
    bouillonblokje, hexaëder, kubus, soeptablet
    a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
    prismoïde
    a prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms
    type of:
    lichaam
    a three-dimensional shape
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