"ideal polyhedron" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ideal polyhedrons [plural], ideal polyhedra [plural]
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  1. In hyperbolic geometry, a polyhedron whose vertices are all ideal; i.e. points at infinity, rather than real. Its surface is topologically equivalent to a punctured sphere. Wikipedia link: ideal polyhedron Categories (topical): Polyhedra

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