Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

platonic solid

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: pla-ton-ic -sol-id
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of five convex polyhedra with congruent regular polygonal faces, which have a high degree of symmetry and have been studied since antiquity.

Example Sentences

"As the names suggest, the groups and their existence are connected to the five Platonic solids. They are in fact the rotation groups of the Platonic solids."
"The boat which the gods tell Utnapishtim to build is no ordinary boat but a perfect cube with seven levels; the ark resembles more a Platonic solid from the Timaeus than a seaworthy craft."
"The erroneous number of planets, six, gave him^([Johannes Kepler]) the clue for his model of five Platonic solids (the five regular convex polyhedra) on which he erected the universe."
"In the 13th and final book, he^([Euclid]) shows how to construct the five Platonic solids, and proves that they are the only regular polyhedra (bodies whose faces are congruent, regular polygons) that exist."

Etymology

From Platonic + solid, in reference to the Greek philosopher Plato, who in his dialogue Timaeus theorised about a correspondence between these solids and the classical physical elements.

Inflected Forms

Platonic solids (plural)

Phrases

Platonic hydrocarbon Archimedean solid Catalan solid Johnson solid Kepler solid

Frequently Paired Words

Platonic hydrocarbon Archimedean solid Catalan solid Johnson solid Kepler solid

Synonyms

regular polyhedron regular convex solid regular convex polyhedron platonic body ideal solid

Questions

What does platonic solid mean?: Any of five convex polyhedra with congruent regular polygonal faces, which have a high degree of symmetry and have been studied since antiquity.
Where does platonic solid come from?: From Platonic + solid, in reference to the Greek philosopher Plato, who in his dialogue Timaeus theorised about a correspondence between these solids and the classical physical elements.

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