Archimedean Solid Definition

ärkə-mēdē-ən, -mĭ-dē-

noun

A polyhedron whose vertices are identical and whose faces are regular polygons of at least two different types.

American Heritage

(geometry) Any of a class of semi-regular convex polyhedra composed of two or more types of regular polygon meeting in identical vertices.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Archimedean Solid

Singular:

Archimedean solid

Plural:

archimedean-solids

After Archimedes who first described such polyhedrons

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Archimedes Greek mathematician and engineer

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