polyhedron
solid in three dimensions with flat faces
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Summary
polyhedron ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,235 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Follows: polygon[2]
- Followed by: 4-polytope[3]
- Subclass of: solid figure[4], polytope[5]
- Commons category: Polyhedra[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Polyhedra[7]
- Commons gallery: Polyhedra[8]
- Has facet polytope: face[9]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox polyhedron[14], Template:Polyhedra[15]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://or.stackexchange.com/tags/polyhedra[16]
- Has characteristic: Dehn invariant[17]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Polyhedron[18]
- Different from: union of polytopes[19]
- Studied by: solid geometry[20]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]
- Model item: regular dodecahedron[22], small stellated dodecahedron[23], octagonal prism[24]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[25], WikiProject Polyhedra[26]
Why It Matters
polyhedron has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] polyhedron is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]