Octahedral truncate (EntityTopic, 11)

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The '''octahedral truncate''' is a particular uniform polyhedron. It is special because it is one of only five regular-faced convex polyhedra that can tile the realm (the others being the [[cube]], [[triangular prism]], [[hexagonal prism]] and [[gyrobifastigium]]).
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Revision as of 23:32, 4 December 2010


The octahedral truncate is a particular uniform polyhedron. It is special because it is one of only five regular-faced convex polyhedra that can tile the realm (the others being the cube, triangular prism, hexagonal prism and gyrobifastigium).


Notable Trishapes
Regular: tetrahedroncubeoctahedrondodecahedronicosahedron
Direct truncates: tetrahedral truncatecubic truncateoctahedral truncatedodecahedral truncateicosahedral truncate
Mesotruncates: stauromesohedronstauroperihedronstauropantohedronrhodomesohedronrhodoperihedronrhodopantohedron
Snubs: snub staurohedronsnub rhodohedron
Curved: spheretoruscylinderconefrustumcrind