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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -drons or rhombohedra) Etymology: New Latin Date: 1836 a parallelepiped whose faces are rhombuses • rhombohedral adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -hedrons or -hedra) 1 a solid bounded by six equal rhombuses. 2 a crystal in this form. Derivatives: rhombohedral adj. Etymology: RHOMBUS, after polyhedron etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rhombohedron Rhom`bo*he"dron, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? rhomb + ??? seat, base.] (Geom. & Crystallog.) A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.





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