truncated cube

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A truncated cube
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Noun

truncated cube (plural truncated cubes)

  1. (geometry) A polyhedron with eight triangular and six octagonal faces that is an Archimedean solid and can be constructed by truncating a cube at each vertex along each adjoining edge.
    • 2003, Saul Stahl, Geometry from Euclid to Knots, published 2010, page 278:
      The truncation procedure that produced the truncated cube I can be applied to arbitrary polyhedra so as to obtain new polyhedra.
    • 2012, Cecilia Noguez, Ana L. González, “11: Localized Surface Plasmons of Multifaceted Metal Nanoparticles”, in Tapan K. Sau, Andrey L. Rogach, editors, Complex-shaped Metal Nanoparticles: Bottom-Up Syntheses and Applications, page 384:
      The truncated cubes are obtained by symmetrically edging the eight vertices of the cube by l × t, where l is the length of the cubes side and 0 < t ≤ 1/2. When t = 1/2, a cuboctahedron is obtained.
    • 2013, S. D'Agostino, “Chapter 3: Size and Shape Dependence of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances”, in Fabio Della Sala, Stefania D'Agostino, editors, Handbook of Molecular Plasmonics, page 152:
      In this subsection the optical behavior of different truncated cubes will be analyzed and compared to those of a cube and of a sphere of the same dimensions.
    • 2014, Walter Steurer, “1: Crystal Structures of Metallic Elements and Compounds”, in David E. Laughlin, Kazuhiro Hono, editors, Physical Metallurgy, page 20:
      Truncated cubes can be packed sharing their octagonal faces, the remaining voids are filled by octahedra (Figure 10(b)).