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Octahedra | Octahedral

Octahedra meaning

plural of octahedron

Using Octahedra

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of octahedron
  • In the example corpus, octahedra often appears in combinations such as: irregular octahedra, octahedra in, octahedra are.

Context around Octahedra

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

irregular 3× world 1× equivalent 1× convex 1× oxygen 1× five 1× semiperfect 1× packed 1×

Often after:

known 1× may 1×

Sentence patterns with Octahedra

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

all equivalent octahedra are regular 1× are five octahedra that define 1× between the octahedra are occupied 1× eight irregular octahedra 1× octahedra in the 1× octahedron irregular octahedra may have 1× of 5 octahedra 1× of packed octahedra and tetrahedra 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as cells must 1× eight of these 1× in the lattice 1× octahedra in the 1× other convex octahedra 1× technetium carbonyl tc 1×

Common sentence endings:

a regular compound 1× and 18 edges 1× are regular bipyramids 1× by aluminum ions 1× eight irregular octahedra 1× five carbonyl ligands 1×

Words around Octahedra

Just before it in the word index:

octagons 3 octagonally 2 octagonal 44 octagon 119 octafx 2 octad 2

Just after it in the word index:

octahedral 28 octahedrite 2 octahedron 35 octal 19 octamer 5 octane 164

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 16 abada 16 abbottabad 16 abdulkareem 16 abha 16 abominations 16

Corpus analysis for Octahedra

  • In this selection, "octahedra" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, irregular, world, equivalent, known and may stand out and add context to how "octahedra" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include all equivalent octahedra are regular and are five octahedra that define. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "octahedra" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with octahedra

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Octahedra in the physical world Octahedra in nature Fluorite octahedron. (10 words)

Other convex octahedra More generally, an octahedron can be any polyhedron with eight faces. (14 words)

These diamonds are generally small, perfect to semiperfect octahedra, and are used to polish other diamonds. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

The space-filling truss of packed octahedra and tetrahedra was apparently first discovered by Alexander Graham Bell and independently re-discovered by Buckminster Fuller (who called it the octet truss and patented it in the 1940s). (36 words)

Technetium carbonyl (Tc 2 (CO) 10 ) is a white solid. citation In this molecule, two technetium atoms are weakly bound to each other; each atom is surrounded by octahedra of five carbonyl ligands. (33 words)

In the lattice of corundum, the oxygen atoms form a slightly distorted hexagonal close packing in which two thirds of the gaps between the octahedra are occupied by aluminum ions. (30 words)

Example sentences (13)

Octahedra in the physical world Octahedra in nature Fluorite octahedron.

As cells must fit around an edge, : * The rectified 16-cell is the regular 24-cell and vertices are all equivalent octahedra are regular bipyramids.

Each of the tetrahedral compounds is self-dual, and the compound of 5 cubes is dual to the compound of 5 octahedra.

Eight of these irregular octahedra can be attached to the triangular faces of a regular octahedron to obtain the cuboctahedron.

In the lattice of corundum, the oxygen atoms form a slightly distorted hexagonal close packing in which two thirds of the gaps between the octahedra are occupied by aluminum ions.

Other convex octahedra More generally, an octahedron can be any polyhedron with eight faces.

Technetium carbonyl (Tc 2 (CO) 10 ) is a white solid. citation In this molecule, two technetium atoms are weakly bound to each other; each atom is surrounded by octahedra of five carbonyl ligands.

The metatungstate ion exists as a symmetric cluster of twelve tungsten- oxygen octahedra known as the Keggin anion.

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There are five octahedra that define any given icosahedron in this fashion, and together they define a regular compound.

The regular octahedron has 6 vertices and 12 edges, the minimum for an octahedron; irregular octahedra may have as many as 12 vertices and 18 edges.

These diamonds are generally small, perfect to semiperfect octahedra, and are used to polish other diamonds.

The space-filling truss of packed octahedra and tetrahedra was apparently first discovered by Alexander Graham Bell and independently re-discovered by Buckminster Fuller (who called it the octet truss and patented it in the 1940s).

Under this projection, the cuboctahedron forms the projection envelope, which can be decomposed into six square faces, a regular octahedron, and eight irregular octahedra.

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Common combinations with octahedra

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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Octahedra means: plural of octahedron
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