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A '''cube''', or regular '''hexahedron''', is a solid composed of six [[Square (geometry) | square]] [[face]]s. A cube is [[Platonic solid #Duality | dual]] to the regular [[octahedron]] and has [[octahedral symmetry]]. A cube is a [[Platonic solid]]. All edges of cubes are equal to each other. | A '''cube''', or regular '''hexahedron''', is a solid composed of six [[Square (geometry) | square]] [[face]]s. A cube is [[Platonic solid #Duality | dual]] to the regular [[octahedron]] and has [[octahedral symmetry]]. A cube is a [[Platonic solid]]. All edges of cubes are equal to each other. | ||
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Revision as of 09:59, 24 April 2023
A cube, or regular hexahedron, is a solid composed of six square faces. A cube is dual to the regular octahedron and has octahedral symmetry. A cube is a Platonic solid. All edges of cubes are equal to each other.
The cube is also a square parallelepiped, an equilateral cuboid, and a right rhombohedron a 3-zonohedron. It is a regular square prism in three orientations, and a trigonal trapezohedron in four orientations.
Formulas
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- Four space diagonals of same lengths
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) - A circumscribed sphere of radius
- An inscribed sphere of radius
- A sphere tangent to all of its edges of radius
- A regular tetrahedron can fit in exactly two ways inside a cube
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See also
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