Archimedean solids

E156203

Archimedean solids are a set of thirteen highly symmetric, semi-regular convex polyhedra characterized by identical vertices and faces composed of more than one type of regular polygon.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Archimedean solids canonical 7
Archimedean solid 1
Catalan solids 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf class of polyhedra ⓘ
mathematical object ⓘ
appliedIn architecture ⓘ
art ⓘ
chemistry ⓘ
crystallography ⓘ
classificationCriterion vertex configuration ⓘ
contrastWith Johnson solids are not vertex-transitive ⓘ
Platonic solids have only one type of face ⓘ
hasElement cuboctahedron ⓘ
linked to: Archimedean solids

icosidodecahedron ⓘ
rhombicosidodecahedron ⓘ
rhombicuboctahedron ⓘ
snub cube ⓘ
linked to: Archimedean solids

snub dodecahedron ⓘ
truncated cube ⓘ
linked to: rhombicuboctahedron

truncated cuboctahedron ⓘ
truncated dodecahedron ⓘ
truncated icosahedron ⓘ
truncated icosidodecahedron ⓘ
truncated octahedron ⓘ
truncated tetrahedron ⓘ
hasHistoricalAttribution described by Archimedes (work now lost) ⓘ
rediscovered and published by Johannes Kepler ⓘ
hasNumberOfElements 13 ⓘ
hasProperty can be inscribed in a sphere ⓘ
convex ⓘ
each edge lies between two faces ⓘ
each solid is edge-transitive only in some cases ⓘ
each vertex has same arrangement of faces ⓘ
faces are regular polygons ⓘ
faces of more than one type of regular polygon ⓘ
finite number of edges ⓘ
finite number of faces ⓘ
finite number of vertices ⓘ
highly symmetric ⓘ
not all faces are congruent in a given solid ⓘ
vertex-transitive ⓘ
namedAfter Archimedes of Syracuse ⓘ
linked to: Archimedes
relatedTo Catalan solids ⓘ
linked to: Archimedean solids

Johnson solids ⓘ
Kepler–Poinsot polyhedra ⓘ
Platonic solids ⓘ
studiedIn geometry ⓘ
polyhedral combinatorics ⓘ
subclassOf convex polyhedra ⓘ
semiregular polyhedra ⓘ
uniform polyhedra ⓘ
uses regular polygons as faces ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Archimedes → knownFor → Archimedean solids ⓘ
Archimedes → hasConceptNamedAfter → Archimedean solid ⓘ
linked to: Archimedean solids
Platonic solids → areContrastedWith → Archimedean solids ⓘ
Archimedean solids → relatedTo → Catalan solids ⓘ
linked to: Archimedean solids
Archimedean solids → hasElement → cuboctahedron ⓘ
linked to: Archimedean solids
Archimedean solids → hasElement → snub cube ⓘ
linked to: Archimedean solids
Regular Polytopes → covers → Archimedean solids ⓘ
Johnson solids → distinguishedFrom → Archimedean solids ⓘ
Johnson solids → areNot → Archimedean solids ⓘ
Johnson solids → distinguishedFrom → Archimedean solids ⓘ
rhombicosidodecahedron → belongsToFamily → Archimedean solids ⓘ