acoptic
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The cube is an acoptic polyhedron.
Etymology
Introduced by the mathematician Branko Grünbaum to clarify terminology in the geometry of polygons and polyhedra. From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”).
Adjective
acoptic (not comparable)
- (geometry, uncommon) Not self-intersecting.
- 1999, Branko Grünbaum, "Acoptic polyhedra", Advances in discrete and computational geometry (South Hadley, MA, 1996) (PDF), Contemp. Math., 223, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, pp. 163–199, doi:10.1090/conm/223/03137, MR 1661382.
Antonyms
- nonacoptic