Cantellation
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cantellation is a noun meaning (geometry) An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each edge and each vertex.
Meaning
(geometry) An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each edge and each vertex.
Word Forms
- cantellations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include omnitruncation, runcination, cell, facet, bitruncation, stellation.
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