Platonic solid
Noun
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Noun
Platonic solid (plural Platonic solids)
- (geometry) Any of five convex polyhedra with congruent regular polygonal faces, which have a high degree of symmetry and have been studied since antiquity.
- 2015, Alexander A. Stepanov, Daniel E. Rose, From Mathematics to Generic Programming, page 44 ↗,
- In the 13th and final book, he
[ Euclid] shows how to construct the five Platonic solids, and proves that they are the only regular polyhedra (bodies whose faces are congruent, regular polygons) that exist.
- In the 13th and final book, he
- 2015, Alexander A. Stepanov, Daniel E. Rose, From Mathematics to Generic Programming, page 44 ↗,
- Platonic hydrocarbon
- German: platonischer Körper
- Italian: solido platonico
- Russian: плато́ново те́ло
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