Platonic solid

== English == === Alternative forms === platonic solid (US) === Etymology === From Platonic + solid, in reference to the Greek philosopher Plato, who in his dialogue Timaeus theorised about a correspondence between these solids and the classical physical elements. === Noun === Platonic solid (plural Platonic solids) (geometry) Any of five convex polyhedra with congruent regular polygonal faces, which have a high degree of symmetry and have been studied since antiquity. ==== Hyponyms ==== (Any of five polyhedra): cube, dodecahedron, icosahedron, octahedron, regular hexahedron (cube), tetrahedron ==== Related terms ==== Platonic hydrocarbon ==== Translations ==== === See also === Archimedean solid Catalan solid Johnson solid Kepler solid Platonic solid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Regular 4-polytope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia List of regular polytopes and compounds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia