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truncated octahedra

truncated octahedra is the plural of truncated octahedron.

Meaning of truncated octahedron

Noun

truncated octahedron (plural truncated octahedra or truncated octahedrons)

  1. A zonohedron that has 14 faces (eight regular hexagons and six squares) and 36 edges and is an Archimedean solid.
    • The closest packing of truncated octahedra can be considered to be a denser packing than that of the rhombic dodecahedron because in a space filling array each truncated octahedron is surrounded by 14 others corresponding to its 14 faces, while the rhombic dodecahedron is only surrounded by 12 like...1990, [1978], Peter Pearce, Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design, page 5

Questions about truncated octahedra

What is truncated octahedra the plural of?
Truncated octahedra is the plural of truncated octahedron.

Words near truncated octahedra in the dictionary

  1. truncated domes
  2. truncated icosahedra
  3. truncated icosahedron
  4. truncated icosahedrons
  5. truncated icosidodecahedron
  6. truncated octahedra
  7. truncated octahedron
  8. truncated octahedrons
  9. truncated tetrahedra
  10. truncated tetrahedron
  11. truncated tetrahedrons

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