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An octahedron is a polyhedron with eight faces. A regular octahedron can be composed of eight equilateral triangles, four forming each half, and meeting in the middle at a square.
Imagine a pyramid, with a square base. Rising up from each edge is an equilateral triangle that meets the other four triangles at the apex. Now, turn the pyramid over and add four more triangles to the other side the same way. You now have an octahedron.
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What does the net of an octahedron look like?
The next of an octahedron looks like a series of 8 triangles.
How many corners does a octahedron have?
An octahedron has 18 corners.
How many faces has a octahedron have?
In geometry, an octahedron is a polyhedron with eightfaces.
What is the difference between a octagon and a octahedron?
An octagon is 2-dimensional, an octahedron is 3-dimensional.
How many vertices on an octahedron?
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.
