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octahedron

polyhedron with 8 faces
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Summary

octahedron ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,875 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Follows: heptahedron[2]
  • Followed by: enneahedron[3]
  • Subclass of: polyhedron[4], octatope[5]
  • Commons category: Octahedron[6]
  • Has facet polytope: polygon[7]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8]
  • Different from: regular octahedron[9]
  • Has part(s) of the class: face[10]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[11]

Why It Matters

octahedron has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] octahedron is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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