hexadecachoron

noun

1. A four-dimensional object analogous to an octahedron, constructed out of sixteen tetrahedra.

   In a world with four spatial dimensions, for example, we can construct only six regular solids, viz pentatope, tesseract, hexadecachoron, icositetrachoron, hecatonicosachoron and hexacosichoron.

Where it comes from

From hexadeca- (“sixteen”) + -choron (“room”), from Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx, “six”), δέκα (déka, “ten”) and χῶρος (khôros, “room”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry hexadecachoron (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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