Archimedean solid

English

Etymology

Named after ancient Greek mathematician and engineer Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 – c. 212 BCE).

Noun

Archimedean solid (plural Archimedean solids)

(geometry) Any of a class of convex semiregular polyhedra, composed of two or more types of regular polygon meeting in identical vertices.

Translations

any of a class of semi-regular convex polyhedra composed of two or more types of regular polygon meeting in identical vertices

Esperanto: arĥimeda solido, arkimeda solido
Finnish: Arkhimedeen kappale
Galician: sólido arquimediano m
German: archimedischer Körper (de) m
Hungarian: arkhimédészi test (hu)
Italian: solido archimedeo m
Latin: corpus irrēgulātum n
Portuguese: sólido arquimediano m, sólido de Arquimedes m
Spanish: sólido arquimediano m, sólido de Arquímedes m

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