truncated cuboctahedron
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
35
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An Archimedean solid that is isogonal and has twenty-six regular faces (twelve square, eight hexagonal and six octagonal); a great rhombicuboctahedron.
Example Sentences
- "The H'(S-S) type of linked truncated octahedra and truncated cuboctahedra is analogous to the fluorite structure with the truncated octahedra in the positions of the fluorine atoms and the truncated cuboctahedra in the positions of the calcium atoms."
- "A three-dimensional network of linked cavities, each with a truncated cuboctahedron shape (Figure 6.5) through the structure, is thus formed; the truncated cuboctahedra are also space-filling (each shares its octagonal face with six others), forming channels that run parallel to the three axial cubic directions through these large cavities."
- "Its pore structure consists of truncated octahedra linked to other cavities through 6-membered rings and of truncated cuboctahedra linked together through 8-membered rings."
Etymology
From truncated + cuboctahedron, referring to a partial construction (the resultant figure needs further distortion to make the faces regular).
Inflected Forms
truncated cuboctahedra (plural)
truncated cuboctahedrons (plural)