Truncation (geometry)
Operation that cuts polytope vertices, creating a new facet in place of each vertex / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In geometry, a truncation is an operation in any dimension that cuts polytope vertices, creating a new facet in place of each vertex. The term originates from Kepler's names for the Archimedean solids.
Truncated square is a regular octagon: t{4} = {8} = |
Truncated cube t{4,3} or |
Truncated cubic honeycomb t{4,3,4} or |