Truncated trapezohedron
In geometry, an n-gonal truncated trapezohedron is a polyhedron formed by a n-gonal trapezohedron with n-gonal pyramids truncated from its two polar axis vertices. If the polar vertices are completely truncated (diminished), a trapezohedron becomes an antiprism.
| Set of n-gonal truncated trapezohedra | |
|---|---|
Example: pentagonal truncated trapezohedron (regular dodecahedron) | |
| Faces | 2 n-sided polygons, 2n pentagons |
| Edges | 6n |
| Vertices | 4n |
| Conway notation | t4dA4 t5dA5 t6dA6 |
| Symmetry group | Dnd, [2+,2n], (2*n), order 4n |
| Rotation group | Dn, [2,n]+, (22n), order 2n |
| Dual polyhedron | gyroelongated bipyramids |
| Properties | convex |
The vertices exist as 4 n-gons in four parallel planes, with alternating orientation in the middle creating the pentagons.
The regular dodecahedron is the most common polyhedron in this class, being a Platonic solid, with 12 congruent pentagonal faces.
A truncated trapezohedron has all vertices with 3 faces. This means that the dual polyhedra, the set of gyroelongated dipyramids, have all triangular faces. For example, the icosahedron is the dual of the dodecahedron.
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