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Catalan solids

Catalan solids is the plural of Catalan solid.

Meaning of Catalan solid

Noun

Catalan solid (plural Catalan solids)

  1. The dual polyhedron of any Archimedean solid.
    • These duals are also called Catalan solids, because Catalan was the first mathematician who described all of them, cf. Brückner (1900, p. 160). Some of the Catalan solids are much older, e.g., the rhombic dodecahedron, which plays a role in crystallography (cf. chapter 37), and the rhombic...1993, E. Heil, H. Martini, 1.11: Special convex bodies, P. M. Gruber, J. M> Wills (editors), Handbook of Convex Geometry, Volume A, page 352
    Synonyms:
    Archimedean dual

Questions about Catalan solids

What is Catalan solids the plural of?
Catalan solids is the plural of Catalan solid.

Words near Catalan solids in the dictionary

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  8. Catalan surfaces
  9. Catalan's constant
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