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platonic solid

/pləˈtɒnɪk ˈsɒlɪd/

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/pləˈtɒnɪk ˈsɒlɪd/C1formalscientific
  • ruВыпуклый многогранник с одинаковыми правильными многоугольными гранями и одинаковым количеством граней, сходящихся в каждой вершине. Существует ровно пять таких фигур: тетраэдр, куб, октаэдр, додекаэдр и икосаэдр.

A convex polyhedron with identical regular polygon faces and the same number of faces meeting at each vertex. There are exactly five such shapes: tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron.

  1. Regular polyhedronC1formal

    A convex polyhedron with identical regular polygon faces and the same number of faces meeting at each vertex. There are exactly five such solids: tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron.

    ruПравильный многогранник

    • The tetrahedron is the simplest platonic solid, with four triangular faces.
    • Ancient Greek philosophers associated platonic solids with the classical elements.
    • A cube is a platonic solid because all its faces are identical squares.