English Explanatory Dictionary

snub cube

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Archimedean solid with thirty-eight faces, of which six are squares (no two of which share a vertex) and thirty-two are equilateral triangles.

Word forms

snub cube snub cubes

Etymology

From cubus simus, Kepler's name for this solid.

Synonyms

cubus sinus snub cuboctahedron

Derived words

dextro snub cube laevo snub cube
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