English Explanatory Dictionary

Platonic solid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of five convex polyhedra with congruent regular polygonal faces, which have a high degree of symmetry and have been studied since antiquity.

Word forms

Platonic solid Platonic solids

Etymology

From Platonic + solid, in reference to the Greek philosopher Plato, who in his dialogue Timaeus theorised about a correspondence between these solids and the classical physical elements.

Related words

Platonic hydrocarbon Archimedean solid Catalan solid Johnson solid Kepler solid
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