polyhedral angle

noun

, Geometry.

1. a configuration consisting of the lateral faces of a polyhedron around one of its vertices. The portion of a pyramid including one of its points is such a configuration.

polyhedral angle

/ ˌpɒlɪˈhiːdrəl /

noun

1. a geometric configuration formed by the intersection of three or more planes, such as the faces of a polyhedron, that have a common vertex See also solid angle

Word History and Origins

Origin of polyhedral angle¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

In all such cases the relation to the polyhedral angle should be made clear.

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Is this not absurd, when the same child can come home from school and talk glibly of a parallelepipedon, a rhombus, rhomboid, polyhedral angle, archipelago, law of primogeniture, the binomial theorem, and of a dicotyledon!

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At this point the polyhedral angle is introduced.

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Students have more difficulty in grasping the meaning of the size of a polyhedral angle than is the case with dihedral and plane angles.

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The sum of the face angles of any convex polyhedral angle is less than four right angles.

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