English Explanatory Dictionary

Archimedean solid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Archimedean solid Archimedean solids

Etymology

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

Related words

Kepler solid Keplerate Platonic solid
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