User:Salix alba/Bowers style acronym
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| Polyhedron | |
| Class | Number and properties |
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| Platonic solids |
(5, convex, regular) |
| Archimedean solids |
(13, convex, uniform) |
| Kepler-Poinsot solids |
(4, regular, non-convex) |
| Uniform polyhedra |
(75, uniform) |
| Prismatoid: prisms, antiprisms etc. |
(4 infinite uniform classes) |
| Polyhedra tilings | (11 regular, in the plane) |
| Quasi-regular polyhedra |
(8) |
| Johnson solids | (92, convex, non-uniform) |
| Pyramids and Bipyramids | (infinite) |
| Stellations | Stellations |
| Polyhedral compounds | (5 regular) |
| Deltahedra | (Deltahedra, equalatial triangle faces) |
| Snub polyhedra |
(12 uniform, not mirror image) |
| Zonohedron | (Zonohedra, faces have 180°symmetry) |
| Dual polyhedron | |
| Self-dual polyhedron | (infinite) |
| Catalan solid | (13, Archimedean dual) |
The Bowers style acronyms or pet names are a system of brief nomenclature for polytopes, devised by Jonathan Bowers. His names for the uniform polyhedra are given here. Bowers has also assigned similar names to the much more numerous uniform polychora (polytopes in 4 dimensions) as part of the Uniform Polychora Project.
The names are not technically acronyms but their creation follows similar logic. Take the initials of the long form name and add extra vowels to make a pronounceable name. So Great Icosi-Dodecahedron becomes gid and Great Stellated Dodecahedron becomes Gissid (a couple of extra i's and an extra s).
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[edit] Convex regular
The Platonic solids.
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[edit] Convex uniform
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Tic |
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Snic |
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[edit] Non-convex regular
The Kepler–Poinsot solids.
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[edit] Non-regular
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Socco |
Gocco |
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Saddid |
Gaddid |
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Sidditdid |
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