三角錐(さんかくすい)

さんかくすい
noun
triangular pyramid; tetrahedron
academicscience
1. triangular pyramid; tetrahedron
A solid figure with a triangular base and triangular side faces meeting at a single apex.
この置物(おきもの)は三角錐(さんかくすい)の形(かたち)だ。
This ornament is shaped like a triangular pyramid.
三角錐(さんかくすい)の体積(たいせき)を求(もと)めなさい。
Find the volume of the triangular pyramid.
Making a neat triangular pyramid out of origami is surprisingly difficult.

Composed of 三角(さんかく) (triangle) + 錐(すい) (a pyramid or cone solid). A basic shape in school geometry.

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