Definition of Trihedron

1. n. A figure having three sides.

Definition of Trihedron

1. Noun. (mathematics) A geometric figure composed of three planes meeting at a single vertex. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trihedron

1. a figure having three plane surfaces meeting at a point [n -DRA or -DRONS]

Medical Definition of Trihedron

1. A figure having three sides. Origin: Pref. Tri- + Gr. A seat, base. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trihedron

trigraph
trigraphic
trigraphs
trigs
trigyn
trigynia
trigynous
trihalide
trihalides
trihalogenomethane
trihalomethane
trihalomethanes
trihedra
trihedral
trihedrals
trihedron (current term)
trihedrons
trihexagonal
trihexosylceramide
trihexosylceramides
trihexyphenidyl
trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride
trihoral
trihourly
trihybrid
trihybrids
trihydrate
trihydrated
trihydrates
trihydric

Literary usage of Trihedron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Classical Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces by Georges Valiron (1986)
"Let us consider the trihedron defined by the positive tangent at H, the principal normal (semi-normal) and the semi-normal that forms with these first two ..."

2. Medici's Rational Mathematics by Charles Medici (1895)
"For, let ABC represent a given trihedron, EC represents the altitude and CB ... For it is selfevident that the square on the altitude of the trihedron is ..."

3. A Course in Mathematical Analysis by Edouard Goursat, Earle Raymond Hedrick (1904)
"A different arrangement of the original coordinate trihedron Oxyz would lead to ... Each point M of T is the vertex of a tri- rectangular trihedron whose ..."

4. Theoretical Kinematics by Oene Bottema, Bernard Roth (1990)
"In spherical kinematics the screw axes are rotation axes, all three passing through O and thus are the edges of a trihedron T with the vertex O. All three ..."

5. The Axioms of Descriptive Geometry by Alfred North Whitehead (1907)
"two, form the faces of the trihedron ; the point of concurrence of the ... any two faces, one from each trihedron, must intersect in a line through the ..."

6. Elements of the Kinematics of a Point and the Rational Mechanics of a Particle by George Oscar James (1905)
"Vr, then, is the velocity which M would appear to possess to an observer situated on the relative trihedron and carried along with it, while Vc is the ..."

7. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"Transformation of skew into plane curves. Mm. 6 (1877) No. 3, 79 pp. trihedron, given relation among direction cosines. Huppe, R. Arch. Mth. Ps. 1 (1884) ..."

8. A Treatise on Linear Differential Equations by Thomas Craig (1889)
"If the axis 55' is a binary axis, and if the arc SP is a quadrant, the three planes of the trihedron will still be three planes of symmetry for a double ..."

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