octahedra

Diamond-shaped geometric forms

Octahedra is a plural of octahedron, a three-dimensional geometric solid with eight triangular faces.

The most familiar octahedron is the regular octahedron, which looks like two pyramids joined at their bases and appears in dice sets and crystal formations.

The mineral crystals formed perfect octahedra.

The alternate plural octahedrons is also common.

geometry

vertices

Corner points of shapes

cube · dodecahedron · icosahedron · three-dimensional · solid · dihedral · convex · regular · polygon · dual

crystallography

fluorite

Calcium-based cubic mineral

cleavage · lattice · mineral · isometric · twinning · alum · pyrite

gaming

dice

Marked cubes for chance

roll · polyhedral dice · randomness · probability · RPG · game mechanics · critical hit

symmetry

rotational

Concerning circular movement

invariance · isometry · fourfold · threefold · orientation · transformation

chemistry

coordination

Organized cooperative movement

sulfur hexafluoride · orbital · hybridization · stereochemistry

Opposites
platonic solid duality

octahedracubes

Equal-sided solid blocks

icosahedra · tetrahedra

angular vs. curved geometry

octahedraspheres

Round solids, all points equidistant

ellipsoids · ovoids · tori · blobs

Family

octahedron, octahedral, octahedrons

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