Archimedean solid

Archimedean solid

English

Etymology

Named after ancient Greek mathematician and engineer Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 – c. 212 BCE).

Noun

Archimedean solid (plural Archimedean solids)

1. (geometry) Any of a class of convex semiregular polyhedra, composed of two or more types of regular polygon meeting in identical vertices.

Translations

any of a class of semi-regular convex polyhedra composed of two or more types of regular polygon meeting in identical vertices

Esperanto: arĥimeda solido, arkimeda solido Finnish: Arkhimedeen kappale German: archimedischer Körper (de) m Hungarian: arkhimédészi test (hu) Italian: solido archimedeo m Portuguese: sólido arquimediano m, sólido de Arquimedes m Spanish: sólido arquimediano m, sólido de Arquímedes m

See also

• Kepler solid
• Keplerate
• Platonic solid