An octahedron, which is a 3-dimensional solid, has 6 vertices. It has 8 sides, each of which is an equilateral triangle (in the case of the regular octahedron). This solid shape looks like two square pyramids joined base to base. Use the link and surf on over to Wikipedia to see a picture.
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An octahedron is the name for a non-specific shape.
It could, as described above, be a rectangular bipyramid with 6 vertices.
Or it could be a heptagonal pyramid, in which case it has 8 vertices.
Or it could be a hexagonal prism, in which case it has 12 vertices.
There are other octahedra (or octahedrons).
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An octahedron is a closed 3-d shape with 8 polygonal faces. There are 257 topologically different convex octahedra. An octahedron can have 6 to 12 vertices.
There are different kinds of octahedra with different numbers of vertices and edges.
An octahedron is the name for a non-specific shape. It could, as described above, be a di-rectangular pyramid with 6 vertices. Or it could be a heptagonal pyramid, in which case it has 8 vertices. Or it could be a hexagonal prism, in which case it has 12 vertices. There are other octahedraons.
i have no clue * * * * * An octahedron is the name for a non-specific shape. It could, as described above, be a di-rectangular pyramid with 6 vertices. Or it could be a heptagonal pyramid, in which case it has 8 vertices. Or it could be a hexagonal prism, in which case it has 12 vertices. There are other octahedraons.
It has 14 Faces, 24 Edges, and 12 Vertices