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gyrobicupola

Noun

Meaning

gyrobicupola (plural gyrobicupolas)

(mathematics) A bicupola in which the bases have the opposite orientation.

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In this nomenclature, an octahedron would be a square bipyramid, a cuboctahedron would be a triangular gyrobicupola, and an icosidodecahedron would be a pentagonal gyrobirotunda. Source: Internet

Kepler may have also found the elongated square gyrobicupola (pseudorhombicuboctahedron): at least, he once stated that there were 14 Archimedean solids. Source: Internet

Some definitions of semiregular polyhedron include one more figure, the elongated square gyrobicupola or "pseudo-rhombicuboctahedron". Source: Internet

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