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600-cell

600-cell noun: a four-dimensional polytope, analogous to an icosahedron, whose 600 bounding facets are tetrahedra.

600-cell: a four-dimensional polytope, analogous to an icosahedron, whose 600 bounding facets are tetrahedra
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Noun

600-cell (plural 600-cells)

  1. A four-dimensional polytope, analogous to an icosahedron, whose 600 bounding facets are tetrahedra.
    • P. McMullen has pointed out to the author that he has constructed an interesting equifacetted 3-sphere in his Ph.D.Thesis by starting with the 600-cell.1995, J. Bokowski, On the Construction of Equifacetted 3-Spheres, Neil L. White, Invariant Methods in Discrete and Computational Geometry: Proceedings of the Curaçao Conference, page 303
    • The dual to the 120-cell is the 600-cell. The 600-cell is a 4-dimensional convex regular polytope with 600 facets. Its Schläfli symbol of the^([sic]) 600-cell is {3, 3, 5}. It is a 4-dimensional analogue of the icosahedron, constructed by the golden ratio on the edges of an octohedron.2005, Lawrence B. Crowell, Quantum Fluctuations of Spacetime, volume 25, World Scientific Series in Contemporary Chemical Physics, page 329
    Synonyms:
    hexacosichoron, hexacosidedroid

Synonyms of 600-cell

Forms of 600-cell

plural600-cells

Words formed from 600-cell

Questions about 600-cell

What does 600-cell mean?
600-cell means a four-dimensional polytope, analogous to an icosahedron, whose 600 bounding facets are tetrahedra.
What part of speech is 600-cell?
600-cell is a noun.
What is the plural of 600-cell?
The plural of 600-cell is 600-cells.

Words near 600-cell in the dictionary

  1. 60's
  2. 60-0
  3. 60-0s
  4. 60-gon
  5. 60-gons
  6. 600-cell
  7. 600-cells
  8. 606
  9. 60s
  10. 60th
  11. 610 Office

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