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The hexagonal trapezohedron
Trapezohedron

The n-gonal trapezohedron, antidipyramid or deltohedron is the dual polyhedron of an n-gonal antiprism. Its 2n faces are congruent kite ....
 or deltohedron is the fourth in an infinite series of face-uniform polyhedra which are dual polyhedron
Dual polyhedron

In geometry, polyhedron are associated into pairs called duals, where the wikt:vertex of one correspond to the face s of the other. The dual of the dual is the original polyhedron....
 to the antiprism
Antiprism

An n-sided antiprism is a polyhedron composed of 2 parallel copies of some particular n-sided polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles....
s. It has twelve faces which are congruent kites
Kite (geometry)

In geometry a kite, or deltoid, is a quadrilateral with two disjoint sets pairs of congruent adjacent sides, in contrast to a parallelogram, where the congruent sides are opposite....
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The hexagonal trapezohedron
Trapezohedron

The n-gonal trapezohedron, antidipyramid or deltohedron is the dual polyhedron of an n-gonal antiprism. Its 2n faces are congruent kite ....
 or deltohedron is the fourth in an infinite series of face-uniform polyhedra which are dual polyhedron
Dual polyhedron

In geometry, polyhedron are associated into pairs called duals, where the wikt:vertex of one correspond to the face s of the other. The dual of the dual is the original polyhedron....
 to the antiprism
Antiprism

An n-sided antiprism is a polyhedron composed of 2 parallel copies of some particular n-sided polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles....
s. It has twelve faces which are congruent kites
Kite (geometry)

In geometry a kite, or deltoid, is a quadrilateral with two disjoint sets pairs of congruent adjacent sides, in contrast to a parallelogram, where the congruent sides are opposite....
.

See also

  • hexagonal bipyramid
    Hexagonal bipyramid

    A hexagonal bipyramid is a polyhedron formed from two hexagonal pyramid joined at their bases. The resulting solid has 12 triangular face , 8 vertex and 18 edges....
     A similar 12-sided polyhedron with triangular faces.