English Explanatory Dictionary

Johnson solid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of convex polyhedra that have regular faces but are not uniform (that is, not Platonic solids, Archimedean solids, prisms, or antiprisms).

Word forms

Johnson solid Johnson solids

Etymology

From Johnson (“a surname”) + solid, after American mathematician Norman Johnson, who listed them in 1966.

Synonyms

Johnson polyhedron
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