Regular Polyhedron (Noun)
Meaning
Any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent.
Classification
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
Examples
- There are five Platonic solids that meet the criteria for being a regular polyhedron.
- In three-dimensional geometry, a regular polyhedron is defined by the regularity of its polygonal faces.
- Only a handful of convex regular polyhedra have been identified by mathematicians over the centuries.
- Due to its complex geometric properties, a regular polyhedron often displays interesting optical phenomena when its surfaces reflect light.
- Studying the patterns that arise when joining faces of a regular polyhedron is an ongoing topic in geometry and tiling theory.