English Explanatory Dictionary

rhombicuboctahedron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Archimedean solid with eight triangular and eighteen square faces; the small rhombicuboctahedron.
  2. Either of the small rhombicuboctahedron and great rhombicuboctahedron.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

rhombicuboctahedron rhombicuboctahedra rhombicuboctahedrons

Etymology

From Latin rhombicuboctahaedron, referring to the fact that the twelve of the square faces lie in the same planes as the twelve faces of the rhombic dodecahedron, the dual of the cuboctahedron. (See rhombicuboctahedron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )

Synonyms

small rhombicuboctahedron

Derived words

great rhombicuboctahedron rhombicuboctahedral pseudo-rhombicuboctahedron pseudorhombicuboctahedron quasirhombicuboctahedron
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