Rhombicuboctahedron

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Noun
  1. 1
    An Archimedean solid with eight triangular and eighteen square faces; the small rhombicuboctahedron.

    "Therefore eight triangles and eighteen (that is, twelve and six) squares join up to make an icosihexahedron, which I call a truncated cuboctahedral rhombus or a rhombicuboctahedron."

  2. 2
    Either of the small rhombicuboctahedron and great rhombicuboctahedron. in-compounds

Synonyms

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small rhombicuboctahedronsmall rhombicuboctahedron

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"Therefore eight triangles and eighteen (that is, twelve and six) squares join up to make an icosihexahedron, which I call a truncated cuboctahedral rhombus or a rhombicuboctahedron."

Etymology

From Latin rhombicuboctahaedron, referring to the fact that the twelve of the square faces lie in the same planes as the twelve faces of the rhombic dodecahedron, the dual of the cuboctahedron. (See rhombicuboctahedron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)

Related phrases

great rhombicuboctahedronpseudo-rhombicuboctahedronarchimedean solidgreat rhombicuboctahedronsmall rhombicuboctahedron

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