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Platonic solid
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of five convex polyhedra with congruent regular polygonal faces, which have a high degree of symmetry and have been studied since antiquity.
"As the names suggest, the groups and their existence are connected to the five Platonic solids. They are in fact the rotation groups of the Platonic solids."
- 2 any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent wordnet
Etymology
From Platonic + solid, in reference to the Greek philosopher Plato, who in his dialogue Timaeus theorised about a correspondence between these solids and the classical physical elements.
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