Volume 2 × (1 + √2) × a² × h Number of edges 24 Common objects with this shape Stop sign | Number of faces 10 Number of vertices 16 | |
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Surface area 8 × a × h + 4 × (1 + √2) × a² Shapes with similar faces Cube, Hexagonal prism, Triangular prism, Cuboid, Pentagonal prism, Square pyramid | ||
Octagonal prism development
In geometry, the octagonal prism is the sixth in an infinite set of prisms, formed by square sides and two regular octagon caps.
Contents
- Octagonal prism development
- Surface area of an octagonal prism geometry help
- Images
- Use
- In uniform honeycombs and 4 polytopes
- References
If faces are all regular, it is a semiregular polyhedron.
Surface area of an octagonal prism geometry help
Images
The octagonal prism can also be seen as a tiling on a sphere:
Use
In optics, octagonal prisms are used to generate flicker-free images in movie projectors.
In uniform honeycombs and 4-polytopes
It is an element of three uniform honeycombs:
It is also an element of two four-dimensional uniform 4-polytopes:
References
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