"Johnson solid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Johnson solids [plural]
Etymology: From Johnson (“a surname”) + solid, after American mathematician Norman Johnson, who listed them in 1966. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Johnson solid (plural Johnson solids)
  1. (geometry) Any of a class of convex polyhedra that have regular faces but are not uniform (that is, not Platonic solids, Archimedean solids, prisms, or antiprisms). Wikipedia link: Norman Johnson (mathematician) Categories (topical): Geometry, Polyhedra Synonyms (convex non-uniform polyhedron that has regular faces): Johnson polyhedron Translations (convex non-uniform polyhedron that has regular faces): solido di Johnson [masculine] (Italian), ジョンソンの立体 (jonson no rittai) (Japanese)

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