Word of the day: cuboctahedron

Word of the day: cuboctahedron

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http://phys.org/news/2015-07-self-assembly-molecular-archimedean-polyhedra.html

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Originally posted by sonhouse
http://phys.org/news/2015-07-self-assembly-molecular-archimedean-polyhedra.html
I see that and raise with rhombicuboctahedron. 😀

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Originally posted by C Hess
I see that and raise with rhombicuboctahedron. 😀
And I double with antirhombicuboctahedron. Your bet.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
http://phys.org/news/2015-07-self-assembly-molecular-archimedean-polyhedra.html
I remember making one of those when I was younger.

I actually have one of these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_of_five_cubes
that I made out of cardboard when helping my son with a school project a few years ago.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
And I double with antirhombicuboctahedron. Your bet.
Anti? You'll have to explain that one.

How about: Pseudorhombicuboctrahedron?

Hu? Hu? Can you read it?

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Originally posted by C Hess
Anti? You'll have to explain that one.

How about: Pseudorhombicuboctrahedron?

Hu? Hu? Can you read it?
The anti one is just one made of anti-matter🙂

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Originally posted by sonhouse
The anti one is just one made of anti-matter🙂
I see. I'm gonna do a dasa and declare myself the winner. I don't know what we just played, or what the prize will be, but I won. HA! 🙂

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Originally posted by C Hess
I see. I'm gonna do a dasa and declare myself the winner. I don't know what we just played, or what the prize will be, but I won. HA! 🙂
The usual prize for "winning" a debate on the Internet is a tetrahedral tin foil hat.

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Originally posted by Soothfast
The usual prize for "winning" a debate on the Internet is a tetrahedral tin foil hat.
Well that would be a lot better than just aluminum🙂

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Originally posted by Soothfast
The usual prize for "winning" a debate on the Internet is a tetrahedral tin foil hat.
Tin foil hat! Tin foil hat! I gots me a tin foil hat! Woo-hoooo! 🙄

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Originally posted by sonhouse
And I double with antirhombicuboctahedron. Your bet.
Anteantirhombicuboctahedron. I went back in time and doubled your double before you did.

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"The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch." Plato, Republic, VII, 528.

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Originally posted by Soothfast
"The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch." Plato, Republic, VII, 528.
At ludicrous speed🙂