Definition of Dihedrals

1. Noun. (plural of dihedral) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dihedrals

1. dihedral [n] - See also: dihedral

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dihedrals

diguanides
diguanidinobutanase
diguanylate cyclase
digynia
digynian
digynous
dihadron
dihalide
dihalides
dihdroxyindole-carboxylic acid oxidase
dihedra
dihedral
dihedral angle
dihedral angles
dihedrals (current term)
dihedron
dihedrons
dihematoporphyrin ether
diheterabenzene
diheterabenzenes
diheterozygote
dihexagonal
dihole
dihybrid
dihybrid cross
dihybrids
dihydralazine
dihydrate
dihydrated

Literary usage of Dihedrals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Geometry by Wm. H. H. Phillips, Theodore Preston Hill (1878)
"If two face angles of a trihedral are equal, the opposite dihedrals are equal. HYPOTH. Z AMC = BMC. To BE PROVED. Dihedral AMBC = BMAC. ..."

2. Key to Milne's Plane and Solid Geometry by William James Milne (1899)
"In any trihedral the three planes bisecting the three dihedrals intersect ... To prove that the planes bisecting dihedrals AQ, BQ, and CQ intersect in the ..."

3. Rational Geometry: A Text-book for the Science of Space; Based on Hilbert's by George Bruce Halsted, David Hilbert (1904)
"(2) Two dihedrals and the included face-angle. (3) Three face-angles. ... (5) Two pairs of dihedrals and the face-angles opposite one pair equal, ..."

4. The Elements of Geometry by Henry W. Keigwin (1898)
"How many unequal acute dihedrals can occur in a parallelepiped ? 460. Sen. ... A similar remark may be made of the dihedrals of any trihedral. ..."

5. A Rudimentary Treatise on Masonry and Stonecutting: In which the Principles by Edward Dobson (1849)
"Given three plane Angles of a Trihedral to find the dihedrals. ... Join gq, and draw qp perpendicular to Bc; then gqp will be one of the dihedrals, ..."

6. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Clinton Shutts (1913)
"H Given two dihedrals GH and G'H', with equal plane angles O and O' respectively. ... Place the dihedrals so that the plane angles coincide. 2. ..."

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