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pla·ton·ic body

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  1. regular polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular convex polyhedron, Platonic body, Platonic solid, ideal solidnoun

    any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent

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  1. platonic body

    A platonic body, also known as platonic solid, is a three-dimensional shape that is regular, convex and has identical faces, edges, and vertices. The five Platonic bodies are the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron. They are named after the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, who theorized in his dialogue "Timaeus" that these shapes were the building blocks of the universe.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of platonic body in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of platonic body in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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