cantellation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each edge and each vertex.

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cantellation cantellations

Coined by mathematician Norman Johnson from verb cant (“bevel”) + -ation.

cantellate cantellated

bicantellation runcicantellation

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