truncated tetrahedra

A form of truncated tetrahedron — A convex polyhedron, with four triangular and four hexagonal faces, that is an Archimedean solid and can be constructed by truncating a regular tetrahedron at each vertex by one-third the length of each adjoining edge.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of truncated tetrahedron
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