- In architecture, a
cupola (/ˈk(j)uːpələ/) is a
relatively small, most
often dome-like, tall
structure on top of a building.
Often used to
provide a lookout...
- example, a
bigyrate solid has two
rotated cupolae, and a
tridiminished solid has
three removed pyramids or
cupolae. In
certain large solids, a distinction...
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opposite face are
regular polygons, the triangular, square, and
pentagonal cupolae all
count among the
Johnson solids, and can be
formed by
taking sections...
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cupolae: the gyrate, parabigyrate, metabigyrate, and
trigyrate rhombicosidodecahedron.
Eight more can be
constructed by
removing up to
three cupolae,...
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rhombicosidodecahedron with two
pentagonal cupolae rotated through 36 degrees, and a
third pentagonal cupola removed. (None of the
cupolae can be adjacent.) A Johnson...
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congruent and
joined by an
alternating strip of triangles; Star antiprisms;
Cupolae, in
which the
polygon in one
plane contains twice as many
points as the...
- (J80)
where two
opposing cupolae are removed, The
gyrate bidiminished rhombicosidodecahedron (J82)
where two non-opposing
cupolae are
removed and a third...
- (J73)
where two
opposing cupolae are rotated; And the
metabigyrate rhombicosidodecahedron (J74)
where two non-opposing
cupolae are rotated.
Norman W. Johnson...
- (J80)
where two
opposing cupolae are removed, The
metabidiminished rhombicosidodecahedron (J81)
where two non-opposing
cupolae are removed, And the tridiminished...
- (J81)
where two non-opposing
cupolae are removed, and the
tridiminished rhombicosidodecahedron (J83)
where three cupolae are removed. Weisstein, Eric...
