Hexakisoctahedron

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.

    "The second is a hemihedral combination of which no corresponding homohedral variety has been discovered, and no hemihexakisoctahedrons have been found to correspond with the rest of the known hexakisoctahedrons, § 408."

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"The second is a hemihedral combination of which no corresponding homohedral variety has been discovered, and no hemihexakisoctahedrons have been found to correspond with the rest of the known hexakisoctahedrons, § 408."

Etymology

From hexakis- + octahedron.

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