sphericon

English

WOTD – 1 August 2009

Paper sphericon.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsfɛɹ.ɪ.kɒn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsfɪɹ.ə.kɑn/

Noun

sphericon (plural sphericons)

(geometry) A solid constructed by slicing a bicone with 90-degree apices through a plane containing both of them, rotating one half by 90 degrees, and reconnecting them; the resulting shape has a single continuous face, and two edges.

Translations

(geometry) a solid constructed by slicing a bicone

Spanish: esfericón m

See also

Anagrams

nephrosic, rinpoches

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