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Archimedean solid

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A polyhedron whose vertices are identical and whose faces are regular polygons of at least two different types.

Origin of Archimedean solid

After Archimedes who first described such polyhedrons

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A polyhedron whose faces are regular polygons and whose angles are all congruent. The faces may all be of the same type, in which case the solid is a regular polyhedron, or may be of different types. There are only thirteen Archimedean solids.

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Noun

(plural Archimedean solids)

  1. (geometry) Any of a class of semi-regular convex polyhedra composed of two or more types of regular polygon meeting in identical vertices
Origin

From Archimedes Greek mathematician and engineer

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