truncated tetrahedron noun1 •A convex polyhedron, with four triangular and four hexagonal faces, that is an Archimedean solid and can be constructed by truncating a regular tetrahedron at each vertex by one-third the length of each adjoining edge.The space of the El Al pyramid is created essentially by the packing of truncated tetrahedrons. — 1968 formstruncated tetrahedra · truncated tetrahedrons