Truncated square trapezohedron
{{Short description|Truncated trapezohedron with a 4-sided base}}
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| image = Square truncated trapezohedron.png
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| type = Truncated trapezohedron
Johnson solid dual
| faces = 8 pentagons,
2 squares
| edges = 24
| vertices = 16
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| symmetry = {{math|Symmetry_group#Three_dimensions, [2{{sup|+}},8], (2*4)}}
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| dual = Gyroelongated square bipyramid ({{math|J{{sub|17}}}})
| properties = convex
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In geometry, the square truncated trapezohedron is the second in an infinite series of truncated trapezohedra. It has 8 pentagon and 2 square faces.
This polyhedron can be constructed by taking a tetragonal trapezohedron and truncating the polar axis vertices. The kite faces of the trapezohedron become pentagons.
The vertices exist as 4 squares in four parallel planes, with alternating orientation in the middle creating the pentagons.
A truncated trapezohedron has all valence-3 vertices. This means that the dual polyhedron, the gyroelongated square dipyramid, has all triangular faces.
It represents the dual polyhedron to the Johnson solid, gyroelongated square dipyramid ({{math|J{{sub|17}}}}), with specific proportions:
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!Square truncated trapezohedron !Net |
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