24-cell

noun
/twɛntiˈfoʊɹˌsɛl/

Etymology

From 24 + cell.

  1. derived from *ḱel-
  2. derived from *ḱelneh₂
  3. derived from *kelnā
  4. derived from cele
  5. derived from cel
  6. derived from cella
  7. inherited from cell
  8. inherited from celle
  9. compounded as 24-cell — “24 + cell

Definitions

  1. A four-dimensional polytope whose twenty-four bounding facets are octahedra and which has…

    A four-dimensional polytope whose twenty-four bounding facets are octahedra and which has no three-dimensional analogue.

    • The regular polytope with Schläfli symbol {3,4,3}, the so-called 24-cell, can be obtained from the 16-cell as follows. The vertices of the 24-cell are the midpoints of the 24 edges of the 16-cell.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for 24-cell. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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