Definition of Platonic solid

1. Noun. Any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent.


Definition of Platonic solid

1. Noun. (geometry) Any one of the following five polyhedra: the regular tetrahedron, the cube, the regular octahedron, the regular dodecahedron and the regular icosahedron. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Platonic Solid

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Literary usage of Platonic solid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essays on the Platonic Ethics by Thomas Maguire (1870)
"The factors of the Platonic solid, which represents the perfect human animal, are according to Fries 3* x 4" x 5.7 = 5040. Now, if we attach Pythagorean ..."

2. Essays on the Platonic Ethics by Thomas Maguire (1870)
"The factors of the Platonic solid, which represents the perfect human animal, are according to Fries 3* x 4" x 5.7 = 5040. Now, if we attach Pythagorean ..."

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