ideal solid

/aɪˌdi(ə)l ˌsɑləd/

Definitions of ideal solid

1. noun

   any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent
   synonyms: Platonic body, Platonic solid, regular convex polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular polyhedron

   types:

   regular tetrahedron

   a tetrahedron with four equilateral triangular faces

   cube, regular hexahedron

   a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces

   regular dodecahedron

   a dodecahedron with twelve regular pentagons as faces

   regular octahedron

   an octahedron with eight equilateral triangles as faces

   regular icosahedron

   an icosahedron with twenty equilateral triangles as faces

   tesseract

   the four-dimensional analogue of a cube

   quadrate

   a cubelike object

   type of:

   polyhedron

   a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces