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snub cube

snub cube noun: an Archimedean solid with thirty-eight faces, of which six are squares (no two of which share a vertex) and thirty-two are equilateral triangles.

snub cube: an Archimedean solid with thirty-eight faces, of which six are squares (no two of which share a...
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Noun

snub cube (plural snub cubes)

  1. An Archimedean solid with thirty-eight faces, of which six are squares (no two of which share a vertex) and thirty-two are equilateral triangles.
    • Robinson [67] showed in 1961 that the best packing of 24 points is achieved by the vertices of a regular snub cube, one of the Archimedean solids (cf. [20]).1995, R. H. Hardin, N. J. A. Sloane, Codes (Spherical) and Designs (Experimental), Robert Calderbank (editor), Different Aspects of Coding Theory: American Mathematical Society Short Course...
    • A wooden model, though, showed that with a sufficiently strong flow, the entire surface of the solid could be wet; we were given the go-ahead to install a five-foot-tall, granite snub cube in the fountain.1996, William P. Schaefer, The Snub Cube in the Glanville Courtyard of the Beckman Institute at the California Institute of Technology, The Chemical Intelligencer, reprinted in 2015, Balazs...
    Synonyms:
    cubus sinus, snub cuboctahedron

Synonyms of snub cube

  • cubus sinus
  • snub cuboctahedron

Forms of snub cube

pluralsnub cubes

Origin of snub cube

From cubus simus, Kepler's name for this solid.

Words formed from snub cube

  • dextro snub cube
  • laevo snub cube

Questions about snub cube

What does snub cube mean?
Snub cube means an Archimedean solid with thirty-eight faces, of which six are squares (no two of which share a vertex) and thirty-two are equilateral triangles.
What part of speech is snub cube?
Snub cube is a noun.
What is the plural of snub cube?
The plural of snub cube is snub cubes.

Words near snub cube in the dictionary

  1. SNTP
  2. SNTX
  3. SNU
  4. snu snu
  5. snub
  6. snub cube
  7. snub cubes
  8. snub disphenoid
  9. snub disphenoids
  10. snub dodecahedra
  11. snub dodecahedron

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