Bitruncated icosahedral honeycomb

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Bitruncated icosahedral honeycomb
Rank4
Dimension3
TypeUniform, compact
SpaceHyperbolic
Notation
Bowers style acronymBitih
Coxeter diagramo3x5x3o ()
Elements
CellsN truncated dodecahedra
Faces10N triangles, 6N decagons
Edges30N
Vertices20N
Vertex figureTetragonal disphenoid, edge lengths 1 (base) and (5+5)/2 (sides)
Measures (edge length 1)
Circumradius
Related polytopes
ArmyBitih
RegimentBitih
Abstract & topological properties
SurfaceSphere
OrientableYes
Properties
Symmetry[[3,5,3]]
ConvexYes

The bitruncated icosahedral honeycomb or bitih, also known as the disicosahedral honeycomb, is a compact noble uniform tiling of 3D hyperbolic space. 4 truncated dodecahedra meet at each vertex. As the name suggests, it can be derived by bitruncation of the icosahedral honeycomb.

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The decagonal faces of the bitruncated icosahedral honeycomb form {10,4∣3}, a regular skew apeirohedron.

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