Kepler solid
English
A great stellated dodecahedron, one of the Kepler solids
Etymology
Named after Johannes Kepler.
Noun
Kepler solid (plural Kepler solids)
- (geometry) Any of several nonconvex regular polyhedra with regular pentagrammatic faces or vertex figures and which can be obtained by stellation of the dodecahedron or icosahedron.
Synonyms
- (Any of several polyhedra): Kepler-Poinsot polyhedron
Hyponyms
- (Any of several polyhedra): great dodecahedron, great icosahedron, great stellated dodecahedron, small stellated dodecahedron
See also
- Archimedean solid
- Keplerate
- Platonic solid
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