3-Geometry-Solid-Polyhedron

polyhedron in geometry

Simple multiple-sided solids {polyhedron, solid}| have genus zero.

edge

Faces can meet at lines {edge, polyhedron}.

face

Plane polygons {face, polyhedron} can bound solids.

vertex of polyhedron

Three or more edges can meet at points {vertex, polyhedron}.

3-Geometry-Solid-Polyhedron-Kinds

Csaszar polyhedron

Polyhedrons {Csaszar polyhedron} can model seven-color maps of toruses, finite projective planes, and error-correcting binary codes, when used as Hadamard matrices {Room square}.

Platonic solid

Polyhedrons {regular polyhedron} {regular solid} {Platonic solid} can have same regular polygon for all faces: four equilateral triangles {regular tetrahedron}, six squares {cube, Platonic solid}, six regular hexagons {regular hexahedron}, eight equilateral triangles {regular octahedron}, twelve regular pentagons {regular dodecahedron}, and twenty equilateral triangles {regular icosahedron}. All vertices are on circumscribed sphere. Concave regular polyhedrons are small stellated dodecahedron, great dodecahedron, or great icosahedron.

3-Geometry-Solid-Polyhedron-Kinds-Prism

prism

Congruent parallel faces {base, prism} and congruent parallelograms {lateral face}, joining corresponding base vertices, can make solids {prism}|. Lateral faces can be rectangles {right prism}. Prisms have adjacent lateral faces {prismatic surface}.

prismatoid

Polyhedrons {prismatoid} can have two faces that are parallel planes, with no vertices outside the faces. Lateral faces are triangles or quadrilaterals.

prismoid

Prisms {prismoid} can have quadrilaterals for all lateral faces. Bases have same number of sides and vertices.

pyramid

Prismatoids {pyramid} can have polygon bases, which contain all vertices except apex. Lateral faces are triangles. For tetrahedrons, bases are triangles. In regular pyramids, regular polygons can be bases and isosceles triangles can be lateral faces.

3-Geometry-Solid-Polyhedron-Kinds-Number Of Faces

tetrahedron

Polyhedrons {tetrahedron}| can have four faces.

pentahedron

Polyhedrons {pentahedron}| can have five faces.

diamond

Polyhedrons {diamond} can have six equal equilateral triangle faces. Diamonds are two tetrahedrons that share a face.

hexahedron

Polyhedrons {hexahedron} can have six faces.

rhombohedron

Polyhedrons can have six rhombus faces {rhombohedron}|.

octahedron

Polyhedrons {octahedron}| can have eight faces.

dodecahedron

Polyhedrons {dodecahedron}| can have 12 faces.

icosahedron

Polyhedrons {icosahedron}| can have 20 faces.

3-Geometry-Solid-Polyhedron-Kinds-Kepler-Poinsot

Kepler-Poinsot concave solid

Concave regular polyhedrons {Kepler-Poinsot concave solid} can be small stellated dodecahedron, great dodecahedron, or great icosahedron.

great dodecahedron

Concave regular polyhedrons can have 12 regular pentagons {great dodecahedron}.

great icosahedron

Concave regular polyhedrons can have 20 equilateral triangles {great icosahedron}.

small stellated dodecahedron

Concave regular polyhedrons can have 12 regular pentagons {small stellated dodecahedron}.

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