Meaning of rhombic dodecahedron | Babel Free

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A convex polyhedron that has 12 congruent rhombic faces, 24 edges and 14 vertices of two types (eight 3-edge and six 4-edge) and is a Catalan solid.

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“Doing this we would find⟳ that the network which is dual to the space filling array of rhombic dodecahedra is the space filling array of tetrahedra and octahedra in which 12 edges meet⟳ at the vertices which fall⟳ at the centers of the original rhombic dodecahedra.”

“Crystallographers are familiar with the rhombic dodecahedron as a domain of reference with which to account for the growth and structure⟳ of natural crystals.”

“Rhombic Dodecahedrons appear⟳ as well in the unit cells of diamonds, four vertices absent with the chemical bonds on the remaining edges. The Rhombic Dodecahedron can be used to tessellate 3D space in a manner similar to the Cube.”

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