"snub cube" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snub cubes [plural]
Etymology: From cubus simus, Kepler's name for this solid. Etymology templates: {{m|la|cubus simus}} cubus simus Head templates: {{en-noun}} snub cube (plural snub cubes)
  1. (geometry) An Archimedean solid with thirty-eight faces, of which six are squares (no two of which share a vertex) and thirty-two are equilateral triangles. Wikipedia link: snub cube Categories (topical): Geometry, Polyhedra Synonyms (polyhedron with 6 square and 32 triangular faces): cubus sinus, snub cuboctahedron Derived forms: dextro snub cube, laevo snub cube

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