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truncated cubes

truncated cubes is the plural of truncated cube.

Meaning of truncated cube

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

Questions about truncated cubes

What is truncated cubes the plural of?
Truncated cubes is the plural of truncated cube.

Words near truncated cubes in the dictionary

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

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