A polyhedron with five faces. A regular pentahedron is impossible but a non-regular one is just a pyramid (Four side faces and one base).
Pen`ta*he"dron (?), n. [Penta- + Gr. "e`dra seat, base.]
A solid figure having five sides.
© Webster 1913.
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