Archimedean Solid Definition

ärkə-mēdē-ən, -mĭ-dē-
noun
A polyhedron whose vertices are identical and whose faces are regular polygons of at least two different types.
American Heritage

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

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Other Word Forms of Archimedean Solid

Noun

Singular:
Archimedean solid
Plural:
archimedean-solids

Origin of Archimedean Solid

  • After Archimedes who first described such polyhedrons

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Archimedes Greek mathematician and engineer

    From Wiktionary

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