Definition of Tetrahedra

1. Noun. (plural of tetrahedron) ¹

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Definition of Tetrahedra

1. tetrahedron [n] - See also: tetrahedron

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetrahedra

tetragonal
tetragonality
tetragonally
tetragons
tetragonus
tetragram
tetragrammatons
tetragramme
tetragrams
tetragraph
tetragraphs
tetragynia
tetragynous
tetrahalide
tetrahalides
tetrahedra (current term)
tetrahedral
tetrahedralisable
tetrahedralizable
tetrahedrally
tetrahedrane
tetrahedranes
tetrahedrite
tetrahedrites
tetrahedron
tetrahedrons
tetrahemihexahedra
tetrahemihexahedron
tetrahexahedra
tetrahexahedral

Literary usage of Tetrahedra

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

1. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1910)
"Perspective tetrahedra. As an application of the corollary of the last theorem we may ... If two tetrahedra are perspective from a point, lite six pairs of ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Moreover there is no asymmetric carbon atom in either case, because if the tetrahedra were separated, they could be turned so as to be perfectly ..."

3. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1862)
"The vertices of two self-conjugate tetrahedra with regard to a quadric, form a system of eight points, such that every quadric through seven will pass ..."

4. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"Equilateral tetrahedra. Hoppe, R. Arch. Mth. Ps. 12 (1894) 327-. and ... Pairs of tetrahedra. Jluth, PZ Mth. Ps. 37 (1892) 117-. Parallelogram, property ..."

5. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"Doubly homologous tetrahedra. Gallucci, G. [1898] G. Mt. 37 (1899) 1-. ... Pairs of tetrahedra. Muth, PZ Mth. Ps. 37 (1892) 117-. Parallelogram, property ..."

6. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"It is proved, in like manner, that any quadric which touches seven of the faces of the two tetrahedra touches the eighth. Ex. 2. ..."

7. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"It ia proved, in like manner, that any quadric which touches seven of the faces of the two tetrahedra touches the eighth. Ex. 2. ..."

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