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truncated cube

truncated cube noun: a polyhedron with eight triangular and six octagonal faces that is an Archimedean solid and can be constructed by truncating a cube at each vertex along each adjoining edge.

truncated cube: a polyhedron with eight triangular and six octagonal faces that is an Archimedean solid and can be...
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Noun

truncated cube (plural truncated cubes)

  1. A polyhedron with eight triangular and six octagonal faces that is an Archimedean solid and can be constructed by truncating a cube at each vertex along each adjoining edge.
    • The truncation procedure that produced the truncated cube I can be applied to arbitrary polyhedra so as to obtain new polyhedra.2003, Saul Stahl, Geometry from Euclid to Knots, published 2010, page 278
    • The truncated cubes are obtained by symmetrically edging the eight vertices of the cube by l × t, where l is the length of the cubes side and 0 < t ≤ 1/2. When t = 1/2, a cuboctahedron is obtained.2012, Cecilia Noguez, Ana L. González, “11: Localized Surface Plasmons of Multifaceted Metal Nanoparticles”, in Tapan K. Sau, Andrey L. Rogach, editors, Complex-shaped Metal Nanoparticles: Bottom-Up...

Examples of truncated cube in a sentence

  • In this subsection the optical behavior of different truncated cubes will be analyzed and compared to those of a cube and of a sphere of the same dimensions.2013, S. D'Agostino, “Chapter 3: Size and Shape Dependence of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances”, in Fabio Della Sala, Stefania...
  • Truncated cubes can be packed sharing their octagonal faces, the remaining voids are filled by octahedra (Figure 10(b)).2014, Walter Steurer, “1: Crystal Structures of Metallic Elements and Compounds”, in David E. Laughlin, Kazuhiro Hono, editors, Physical...

Forms of truncated cube

pluraltruncated cubes

Questions about truncated cube

What does truncated cube mean?
Truncated cube means a polyhedron with eight triangular and six octagonal faces that is an Archimedean solid and can be constructed by truncating a cube at each vertex along each adjoining edge.
How do you use truncated cube in a sentence?
In this subsection the optical behavior of different truncated cubes will be analyzed and compared to those of a cube and of a sphere of the same dimensions.
What part of speech is truncated cube?
Truncated cube is a noun.
What is the plural of truncated cube?
The plural of truncated cube is truncated cubes.

Words near truncated cube in the dictionary

  1. Trun
  2. truncal
  3. truncally
  4. truncate
  5. truncated
  6. truncated cube
  7. truncated cubes
  8. truncated cuboctahedra
  9. truncated cuboctahedron
  10. truncated dodecahedra
  11. truncated dodecahedron

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