Meanings
plural 600-cells
- geometryA four-dimensional polytope, analogous to an icosahedron, whose 600 bounding facets are tetrahedra.
The other two figures are the 120-cell and 600-cell which form a dual pair as is clear from their Schläfli symbols being the reverse of each other.
2012, John Barnes, Gems of Geometry, 2nd edition, page 792 more examples
1995, J. Bokowski, On the Construction of Equifacetted 3-Spheres, Neil L. White, Invariant Methods in Discrete and Computational Geometry: Proceedings of the Curaçao Conference, page 303, P. McMullen has pointed out to the author that he has constructed an interesting equifacetted 3-sphere in his Ph.D.Thesis by starting with the 600-cell.
The dual to the 120-cell is the 600-cell. The 600-cell is a 4-dimensional convex regular polytope with 600 facets. Its Schläfli symbol of the^([sic]) 600-cell is {3, 3, 5}. It is a 4-dimensional analogue of the icosahedron, constructed by the golden ratio on the edges of an octohedron.
2005, Lawrence B. Crowell, Quantum Fluctuations of Spacetime, volume 25, World Scientific Series in Contemporary Chemical Physics, page 329Synonyms: hexacosichoron, hexacosidedroid
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA four-dimensional polytope, analogous to an icosahedron, whose 600 bounding facets are tetrahedra.
Translations
Esperanto sescentĉelo
- sescentĉelofour-dimensional polytope
Italian 600-cella, tetraplesso
- 600-cellafour-dimensional polytope
- tetraplessofour-dimensional polytope
- esacosicorofour-dimensional polytope
Japanese 正六百胞体
- 正六百胞体 (seiroppyakuhōtai)four-dimensional polytope
Korean 정육백포체
- 정육백포체 (jeong'yukbaekpoche)four-dimensional polytope
Spanish hexacosicoron
- hexacosicoronfour-dimensional polytope
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