Archimedean solid

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Archimedean solid [¦är·kə¦mēd·ē·ən ′säl·əd]

(mathematics)

One of 13 possible solids whose faces are all regular polygons, though not necessarily all of the same type, and whose polyhedral angles are all equal.

Also known as semiregular solid.

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