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Archimedean solid
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English
Etymology
Named after ancient Greek mathematician and engineer Archimedes Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 – c. 212 BC).
Noun
en 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
Catalan: ca sòlid arquimedià m
Esperanto: eo arĥimeda solido, eo arkimeda solido
Finnish: fi Arkhimedeen kappale
Galician: gl sólido arquimediano m
German: de archimedischer Körper m
Hungarian: hu arkhimédészi test
Italian: it solido archimedeo m
Latin: la corpus irrēgulātum n
Polish: pl wielościan półforemny m-in, pl wielościan archimedesowy m-in
Portuguese: pt sólido arquimediano m, pt sólido de Arquimedes m
Spanish: es sólido arquimediano m, es sólido de Arquímedes m
Ukrainian: uk архімедове тіло n
See also
en Kepler solid
en Keplerate
en Platonic solid
en Polyhedra
en eponyms