16-cell
//sɪksˈtiːnˌsɛl// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A four-dimensional polytope, analogous to an octahedron, whose sixteen bounding facets are tetrahedra.
"The remaining 8, as before, are the vertices of the complementary 16-cell (see Figure 9). In Figure 7, these 8 points have been blackened, but not joined, because the 16-cell has longer edges; diameters of octahedral facets of the 24-cell."
Example
More examples"The remaining 8, as before, are the vertices of the complementary 16-cell (see Figure 9). In Figure 7, these 8 points have been blackened, but not joined, because the 16-cell has longer edges; diameters of octahedral facets of the 24-cell."
Etymology
From 16 + cell.
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