"truncated octahedron" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: truncated octahedra [plural], truncated octahedrons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|truncated octahedra|s}} truncated octahedron (plural truncated octahedra or truncated octahedrons)
  1. A zonohedron that has 14 faces (eight regular hexagons and six squares) and 36 edges and is an Archimedean solid. Hypernyms (polyhedron with 14 faces): tetrakaidecahedron, tetrakaidekahedron Translations (polyhedron with 14 faces and 36 edges): avskorið oktaetur [neuter] (Faroese), Oktaederstumpf [masculine] (German), ottaedro troncato (Italian), tetracaidecaedro (Italian)

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