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Definition of Convex polyhedron
1. Noun. A polyhedron any plane section of which is a convex polygon.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Convex Polyhedron
Literary usage of Convex polyhedron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements by Euclid, Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1908)
"Legendre gives a proof which, he says, is nearly the same as Cauchy's, depending
on two lemmas which lead to the theorem that, Given a convex polyhedron in ..."
2. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1904)
"Hence, one regular convex polyhedron is possible with squares. 3. Since each
angle of a regular pentagon is 108° (§ 206), a convex polyhedral angle may be ..."
3. Plane and Solid Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1899)
"Hence, one regular convex polyhedron is possible with squares. 3. Since each
angle of a regular pentagon is 108° (§ 206), a convex polyhedral angle may be ..."
4. Solid Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1902)
"Hence, one regular convex polyhedron is possible with squares. 3. Since each
angle of a regular pentagon is 108° (§ 206), a convex polyhedral angle may be ..."
5. A Text-book of Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1898)
"Hence only one regular convex polyhedron is possible with squares. 3. Since each
angle of a regular pentagon is 108°, a convex polyhedral angle may be ..."
6. Elementary Geometry, Plane and Solid: For Use in High Schools and Academies by Thomas Franklin Holgate (1901)
"The faces of a regular convex polyhedron must be regular convex polygons,
equilateral triangles, squares, etc. 1. Since the interior angle of an equilateral ..."
7. Schultze and Sevenoak's Plane and Solid Geometry by Arthur Schultze, Frank Louis Sevenoak (1918)
"2. A convex polyhedral angle may be formed by combining three squares, but not
by using four or more squares. (Why ?) Hence one regular convex polyhedron is ..."
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