cuboctahedron

== English == === Etymology === Blend of cube +‎ octahedron, reflecting the fact that it can be regarded both as a rectified cube and a rectified octahedron. === Pronunciation === === Noun === cuboctahedron (plural cuboctahedrons or cuboctahedra) (geometry) An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal. 2015, Ke Jiang, Antoliy O. Pinchuk, Chapter Two: Noble Metal Nanomaterials: Synthetic Routes, Fundamental Properties, and Promising Applications, Robert E. Camley, Robert L. Stamps (editors), Solid State Physics, Volume 66, Elsevier, page 151, Yang and coworkers have prepared Pt cuboctahedrons and cubes by reducing K2PtCl4 with H2 generated in situ from the hydrolysis of NaBH4 in the presence of tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide as a surfactant [157,158]. ==== Synonyms ==== heptaparallelohedron ==== Derived terms ==== great rhombicuboctahedron rhombicuboctahedron snub cuboctahedron truncated cuboctahedron ==== Related terms ==== cuboctahedral ==== Translations ==== === See also === cubohemioctahedron octahemioctahedron === Further reading === Cuboctahedron on Wolfram MathWorld