Archimedean solid
archimedean solid
archimedean solid
(är’kə-mē’dē-ən, -mĭ-dē’-)
a polyhedron whose faces are regular polygons and whose angles are all congruent. the faces may all be of the same type, in which case the solid is a regular polyhedron, or may be of different types. there are only thirteen archimedean solids. see more under polyhedron.
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