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[[File:Hexahedron.jpg|thumb|Cube, also known as a hexahedron.]]In [[geometry (nonfiction)]], a '''cube''' is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex. | [[File:Hexahedron.jpg|thumb|Cube, also known as a hexahedron.]]In [[geometry (nonfiction)]], a '''cube''' is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex. | ||
The cube is the only regular hexahedron and is one of the five Platonic solids and has 12 edges, 6 faces and 8 vertices. | The cube is the only regular hexahedron and is one of the five Platonic solids and has 12 edges, 6 faces and 8 vertices. | ||
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It has cubical or octahedral symmetry. | It has cubical or octahedral symmetry. | ||
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* [[The Boxes]] - a [[Supervillain (nonfiction)]]. | |||
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* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | * [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube Cube] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube Cube] @ Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 17:44, 22 June 2016
In geometry (nonfiction), a cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex.
The cube is the only regular hexahedron and is one of the five Platonic solids and has 12 edges, 6 faces and 8 vertices.
The cube is also a square parallelepiped, an equilateral cuboid and a right rhombohedron.
It is a regular square prism in three orientations, and a trigonal trapezohedron in four orientations.
The cube is dual to the octahedron.
It has cubical or octahedral symmetry.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Cube @ Wikipedia