Archimedean Solids

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(Uniform #8) Truncated Octahedron
canonical form
Vertices:  24  (24[3])
Faces:14  (6 squares + 8 regular hexagons)
Edges:36
Symmetry:  Full Octahedral  (Oh)
Hexagon-Hexagon Angle:  acos(−1/3)    ≈109.471220634 degrees
Hexagon-Square Angle:  acos(−sqrt(3)/3)    ≈125.264389683 degrees
Dual Solid:  Tetrakis Hexahedron
(values below based on edge length = 1)
Circumscribed Radius:  sqrt(10)/2    ≈1.5811388300841896660
Midscribed Radius:  3/2    1.5
Hexagon Center Radius:  sqrt(6)/2    ≈1.2247448713915890491
Square Center Radius:  sqrt(2)    ≈1.4142135623730950488
Volume:8*sqrt(2)    ≈11.313708498984760390