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Pentagonal dipyramid


 
 

In geometryGeometry Summary

Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships....
, the pentagonal dipyramidBipyramid

An n-agonal bipyramid or dipyramid is a polyhedron formed by joining an n-agonal pyramid and its mirror image ...
(or bipyramidBipyramid

An n-agonal bipyramid or dipyramid is a polyhedron formed by joining an n-agonal pyramid and its mirror image ...
) is third of the infinite set of face-transitive dipyramids.

The set of dipyramids is the dualDual polyhedron

In geometry, polyhedra are associated into pairs called duals, where the vertices of one correspond to the faces o...
 of the uniform prismPrism (geometry)

In geometry, an n-sided prism is a polyhedron made of an n-sided polygonal base, a translated copy, and n faces ...
s.

It is also a Johnson solidJohnson solid Overview

In geometry, a Johnson solid is a convex polyhedron, each face of which is a regular polygon, which is not a Platonic solid,...
 (J13), constructed of regular polygonRegular polygon

A regular polygon is a simple polygon which is and equilateral....
s. It can be seen as two pentagonal pyramidPentagonal pyramid

In geometry, the pentagonal pyramid is one of the Johnson solids....
s (J2) connected along their bases.

As a Johnson solid, it is a convex deltahedronDeltahedron

A deltahedron is a polyhedron whose faces are all equilateral triangles....
. Although it is face-transitive, it is not a Platonic solidPlatonic solid

In geometry, a Platonic solid is a convex regular polyhedron....
 because some verticesVertex (geometry)

In geometry, a vertex is a special kind of point....
 have four faceFace

The face is the front part of the head, in humans from the forehead to chin including the hair, forehead, eyebrow, eyes, nos...
s meeting and others have five faces.


The Johnson solid 13 is made of 10 equilateral triangles.

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