sterication

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noun

An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its cells, its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each cell, each face, each edge and each vertex.

OriginAncient Greek στερεός →
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Meanings

nounsterication (countable and uncountable, plural sterications)

plural sterications

  1. countableuncountablegeometryAn operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its cells, its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each cell, each face, each edge and each vertex.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekστερεός“sold, firm, hard”
  2. Englishsterication

Coined by mathematician Norman Johnson from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “sold, firm, hard”) + -ation.

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APA

sterication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sterication

MLA

“sterication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sterication. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sterication,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sterication.

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