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...
- In geometry, the complete or final stellation of the icosahedron is the outermost stellation of the icosahedron, and is "complete" and "final" because...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- first stellation of the rhombic dodecahedron is a self-intersecting polyhedron with 12 faces, each of which is a non-convex Hexagon. It is a stellation of...
- of polyhedra. Faceting is the reciprocal or dual process to stellation. For every stellation of some convex polytope, there exists a dual faceting of 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...
- icosahedron" ("Uniform polyhedron") at MathWorld. Weisstein, Eric W. "Fifteen stellations of the icosahedron". MathWorld. Uniform polyhedra and duals...