Definition of Stellation. Meaning of Stellation. Synonyms of Stellation

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Definition of Stellation

Stellation
Stellation Stel*la"tion, n. Radiation of light. [Obs.]

Meaning of Stellation from wikipedia

- In geometry, stellation is the process of extending a polygon in two dimensions, a polyhedron in three dimensions, or, in general, a polytope in n dimensions...
- are constructed from the regular icosahedron. A notable example is the stellation of regular icosahedron, which consists of 59 polyhedrons. The great dodecahedron...
- and stellations of the convex solids. In his naming convention, the small stellated dodecahedron is just the stellated dodecahedron. Stellation changes...
- dodecahedron, one of which is the Bilinski dodecahedron. There are some stellations of the rhombic dodecahedron, one of which is the Escher's solid. The...
- {⁠5/2⁠, 3}, having three regular star pentagonal faces around each vertex. Stellation is the process of extending the faces or edges of a polyhedron until they...
- A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal...
- Coxeter, P. Du Val, H. T. Flather and J. F. Petrie. It enumerates certain stellations of the regular convex or Platonic icosahedron, according to a set of...
- also be obtained as a sequence of stellations of a convex regular core polygon. Constructions based on stellation also allow regular polygonal compounds...
- fully supported stellations generated by an icosahedron. The seventeenth prime number is 59, which is equal to the total number of stellations of the icosahedron...
- either stellation or faceting. Stellation is the process of extending the faces (within their planes) so that they meet. The notable is the stellation of...