Platonic solid
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English
Etymology
Platonic + solid; named after the Greek philosopher Plato, who wrote about these solids in his treatise Timaeus.
Noun
Platonic solid (plural Platonic solids) or (US) platonic solid (plural platonic solids)
- Any one of the following five regular polyhedra: the tetrahedron, the cube (or hexahedron), the octahedron, the dodecahedron and the icosahedron.
Translations
- Finnish: Platonin monitahokas, säännöllinen monitahokas
See also
- Kepler solid
- Wikipedia article on the Platonic solids