"cuboctahedron" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cuboctahedrons [plural], cuboctahedra [plural]
Etymology: Blend of cube + octahedron, reflecting the fact that it can be regarded both as a rectified cube and a rectified octahedron. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|cube|octahedron}} Blend of cube + octahedron Head templates: {{en-noun|s|cuboctahedra}} cuboctahedron (plural cuboctahedrons or cuboctahedra)
  1. (geometry) An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal. Wikipedia link: cuboctahedron Categories (topical): Geometry, Polyhedra Synonyms: heptaparallelohedron Derived forms: great rhombicuboctahedron, rhombicuboctahedron, snub cuboctahedron, truncated cuboctahedron Related terms: cuboctahedral, cubohemioctahedron, octahemioctahedron Translations (polyhedron with 8 triangular and 6 square faces): kuboktaedri (Finnish), Kuboktaeder [neuter] (German), Kubooktaeder [neuter] (German), Kubo-Oktaeder [neuter] (German), cubottaedro [masculine] (Italian), 立方八面体 (rippō hachimentai) (alt: りっぽうはちめんたい) (Japanese), sześcio-ośmiościan [masculine] (Polish), кубоокта́эдр (kubooktáedr) [masculine] (Russian), cuboctaedro [masculine] (Spanish)

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