"truncated icosahedron" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: truncated icosahedra [plural], truncated icosahedrons [plural]
Etymology: From truncated + icosahedron. Truncatedicosahedron.gif|regular truncated icosahedron Buckminsterfullerene animated.gif|C₆₀: buckminsterfullerene Comparison of truncated icosahedron and soccer ball.png|A soccer ball with a regular truncated icosahedron Head templates: {{en-noun|truncated icosahedra|s}} truncated icosahedron (plural truncated icosahedra or truncated icosahedrons)
  1. (geometry) A polyhedron that has thirty-two faces (12 regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons) and 60 vertices and 90 edges, and is one of the Archimedean solids. Wikipedia link: truncated icosahedron Categories (topical): Geometry, Polyhedra Coordinate_terms: buckminsterfullerene, soccer ball, telstar Translations (polyhedron): afgeknotte icosaëder [masculine] (Dutch), icosaèdre tronqué [masculine] (French), Ikosaederstumpf [masculine] (German), κόλουρο εικοσάεδρο (kólouro eikosáedro) [neuter] (Greek), icosaedro troncato [masculine] (Italian), trunkert ikosaeder [neuter] (Norwegian), icosaedro truncado [masculine] (Portuguese), усечённый икоса́эдр (usečónnyj ikosáedr) [masculine] (Russian), icosaedro truncado [masculine] (Spanish)

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