English Explanatory Dictionary

truncated icosahedron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A polyhedron that has thirty-two faces (12 regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons) and 60 vertices and 90 edges, and is one of the Archimedean solids.

Word forms

truncated icosahedron truncated icosahedra truncated icosahedrons

Etymology

From truncated + icosahedron. Truncatedicosahedron.gif|regular truncated icosahedron Buckminsterfullerene animated.gif|C₆₀: buckminsterfullerene Comparison of truncated icosahedron and soccer ball.png|A soccer ball with a regular truncated icosahedron

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