great rhombicuboctahedron
great rhombicuboctahedron noun: an Archimedean solid that is isogonal and has twenty-six regular faces (twelve square, eight hexagonal and six octagonal).
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Noun
great rhombicuboctahedron (plural great rhombicuboctahedra or great rhombicuboctahedrons)
- An Archimedean solid that is isogonal and has twenty-six regular faces (twelve square, eight hexagonal and six octagonal).
- Figure 244 — the structure for this complicated design is the great rhombicuboctahedron, which consists of octagonal, hexagonal, and square faces.1977, Wucius Wong, Principles of Three Dimensional Design, page 70
- Zeolite A consists of truncated octahedra flanking the edges of a larger cube; they are connected along the edges by smaller cubes, and the truncated octahedra and cubes flank a great rhombicuboctahedron at the center (28).2005, M. Cahay, Nanoscale Devices, Materials, and Biological Systems: Fundamentals and Applications : Proceedings of the International Symposium, page 513
- Synonyms:
- truncated cuboctahedron
Synonyms of great rhombicuboctahedron
Forms of great rhombicuboctahedron
| plural | great rhombicuboctahedra |
|---|---|
| plural | great rhombicuboctahedrons |
Origin of great rhombicuboctahedron
From great + rhombicuboctahedron, referring to the fact that, similarly to the rhombicuboctahedron, the 12 square faces lie in the same planes as the 12 faces of the rhombic dodecahedron, the dual of the cuboctahedron.
Words formed from great rhombicuboctahedron
- pseudo-great rhombicuboctahedron
Questions about great rhombicuboctahedron
- What does great rhombicuboctahedron mean?
- Great rhombicuboctahedron means an Archimedean solid that is isogonal and has twenty-six regular faces (twelve square, eight hexagonal and six octagonal).
- What part of speech is great rhombicuboctahedron?
- Great rhombicuboctahedron is a noun.
- What is the plural of great rhombicuboctahedron?
- The plural of great rhombicuboctahedron is great rhombicuboctahedra.
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