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多面体 (tamentai) Japanese meaning: polyhedron | Kotomora

多た面めん体たい

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め

ん

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い

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

polyhedron

Technical term in geometry for a solid bounded by flat polygonal faces.

立りっ方ぽう体たいは六むっつの正せい方ほう形けいの面めんを持もつ

多た

面めん

体たい

です

。

A cube is a polyhedron with six square faces.

Kanji

多many, frequent, much
面mask, face, features
体body, substance, object

Related words

多た角かく形けい
多角形 is a polygon (2D), while 多面体 is a polyhedron (3D).

Word family

正せい多た面めん体たい
regular polyhedron

Built from

多た+面めん体たい

Etymology

Compound of 多 (many) + 面 (face) + 体 (body), a straightforward kanji-based term for a solid with many faces.