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Any of a class of convex polyhedra that have regular faces but are not uniform (that is, not Platonic solids, Archimedean solids, prisms, or antiprisms).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
Examples
- 1986 April, Andrew Hume, Folding Regular Polyhedra, AUUGN: Australian Unix Users Group Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 5, page 40, The Johnson solids, combined with the Archimedean polyhedra and five of the regular polyhedra, constitute all the possible convex polyhedra with regular faces..])
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From Johnson (“a surname”) + solid, after American mathematician Norman Johnson, who listed them in 1966.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Italian:
solido di Johnson
— convex non-uniform polyhedron that has regular faces
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Japanese:
ジョンソンの立体
(jonson no rittai)
— convex non-uniform polyhedron that has regular faces
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Polish:
wielościan Johnsona
— convex non-uniform polyhedron that has regular faces
