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cuboctahedron

cuboctahedron noun: an Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal.

cuboctahedron: an Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal...
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Noun

cuboctahedron (plural cuboctahedrons or cuboctahedra)

  1. An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal.
    • There are just two polyhedra that will fulfill these conditions: the cuboctahedron and the icosidodecahedron (Diagram 3.3).1976, Hugh Kenner, Geodesic Math and how to Use it, page 21
    • In the case of perfect, symmetric L1₀ cuboctahedra, two of the (001)-surfaces have to be terminated completely with either iron or platinum.2008, M. E. Gruner, Georg Rollmann, Alfred Hucht, Peter Entel, “Structural and Magnetic Proprties of Transition Metal Nanoparticles from First Principles”, in Rolf Haug, editor, Advances in Solid...

Synonyms of cuboctahedron

Forms of cuboctahedron

pluralcuboctahedrons
pluralcuboctahedra

Origin of cuboctahedron

Blend of cube + octahedron, reflecting the fact that it can be regarded both as a rectified cube and a rectified octahedron.

Words formed from cuboctahedron

Questions about cuboctahedron

What does cuboctahedron mean?
Cuboctahedron means an Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal.
What part of speech is cuboctahedron?
Cuboctahedron is a noun.
What is the plural of cuboctahedron?
The plural of cuboctahedron is cuboctahedrons.

Words near cuboctahedron in the dictionary

  1. cuboargyrite
  2. cubocalcaneal
  3. cuboctahedra
  4. cuboctahedral
  5. cuboctahedric
  6. cuboctahedron
  7. cuboctahedrons
  8. cuboctohedral
  9. cubocuneiform
  10. cubohemioctahedron
  11. cuboid

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