Acronym ...
Name trapezo-rhombic dodecahedron,
Voronoi cell of hexagonal close-packing (hcp) "lattice"
 
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Inradius sqrt(2/3) = 0.816497
Vertex figure [r4], [R3]
General of army (is itself convex)
Colonel of regiment (is itself locally convex)
Dual tobcu
Dihedral angles
(at margins)
  • between {(r,R)2} and {(r,R)2}:   120°
  • between {(r,R)2} and {(r2,R2)}:   120°
  • between {(r2,R2)} and {(r2,R2)} (at RRtrapezium-edge):   120°
  • between {(r2,R2)} and {(r2,R2)} (at rrtrapezium-edge):   120°
Face vector 14, 24, 12
Confer
related polyhedra:
rad  
External
links
wikipedia  

The rhombs {(r,R)2} have vertex angles r = arccos(1/3) = 70.528779° resp. R = arccos(-1/3) = 109.471221°. Esp. rrrhomb : RRrhomb = sqrt(2). Its side length (rR-edge) used here is rR = x = 1. The trapezia {(r2,R2)} have the same vertex angles. Its other, non-rR-edge side lengths have sizes RRtrapezium = y = 2/3 and rrtrapezium = z = 4/3.

Note, that if the axially top-most bistratic layer gets rotated by 60°, then the result would become rad. In fact this simply is because this polyhedron here is the dual of tobcu, while that outcome would be the dual of the respectively gyrated bicupola, i.e. co.


Incidence matrix according to Dynkin symbol

oaooao3ooaaoo&#(x,x,y,x,x)t   → height(1,2) = height(2,3) = height(4,5) = height(5,6) = 1/3
                                height(3,4) = y = RRtrapezium = 2/3 (short trapezium side)
                                a = rrrhomb = sqrt(8/3) = 1.632993 (long rhomb-diagonal)
                                z = 2y = rrtrapezium = 4/3 (long trapezium side)

o.....3o.....             | 1 * * * * * | 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 0 0  [R3]
.o....3.o....             | * 3 * * * * | 1 2 1 0 0 0 | 2 2 0  [r4]
..o...3..o...             | * * 3 * * * | 0 2 0 1 0 0 | 1 2 0  [R3]
...o..3...o..             | * * * 3 * * | 0 0 0 1 2 0 | 0 2 1  [R3]
....o.3....o.             | * * * * 3 * | 0 0 1 0 2 1 | 0 2 2  [r4]
.....o3.....o             | * * * * * 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 0 0 3  [R3]
--------------------------+-------------+-------------+------
oo....3oo....&#x          | 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 3 * * * * * | 2 0 0  x
.oo...3.oo...&#x          | 0 1 1 0 0 0 | * 6 * * * * | 1 1 0  x
.o..o.3.o..o.&#z          | 0 1 0 0 1 0 | * * 3 * * * | 0 2 0  z
..oo..3..oo..&#y          | 0 0 1 1 0 0 | * * * 3 * * | 0 2 0  y
...oo.3...oo.&#x          | 0 0 0 1 1 0 | * * * * 6 * | 0 1 1  x
....oo3....oo&#x          | 0 0 0 0 1 1 | * * * * * 3 | 0 0 2  x
--------------------------+-------------+-------------+------
oao... ......&#xt         | 1 2 1 0 0 0 | 2 2 0 0 0 0 | 3 * *  {(r,R)2}
.oooo.3.oooo.&#(y,x,z,x)r | 0 1 1 1 1 0 | 0 1 1 1 1 0 | * 6 *  {(r2,R2)}
...oao ......&#xt         | 0 0 0 1 2 1 | 0 0 0 0 2 2 | * * 3  {(r,R)2}
or
o.....3o.....            & | 2 * * | 3  0 0 0 | 3 0  [R3]
.o....3.o....            & | * 6 * | 1  2 1 0 | 2 2  [r4]
..o...3..o...            & | * * 6 | 0  2 0 1 | 1 2  [R3]
---------------------------+-------+----------+----
oo....3oo....&#x         & | 1 1 0 | 6  * * * | 2 0  x
.oo...3.oo...&#x         & | 0 1 1 | * 12 * * | 1 1  x
.o..o.3.o..o.&#z           | 0 2 0 | *  * 3 * | 0 2  z
..oo..3..oo..&#y           | 0 0 2 | *  * * 3 | 0 2  y
---------------------------+-------+----------+----
oao... ......&#xt        & | 1 2 1 | 2  2 0 0 | 6 *  {(r,R)2}
.oooo.3.oooo.&#(y,x,z,x)r  | 0 2 2 | 0  2 1 1 | * 6  {(r2,R2)}

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