This is one of the Platonic solids, and is treated in the article Polyhedron, as is also the derived Archimedean solid named the "truncated tetrahedron"; in addition, the regular tetrahedron has important crystallographic relations, being the hemihedral form of the regular octahedron and consequently a form of the cubic system. [Please select]
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Viewed on one of its lateral aspects, it may be compared to a truncated cylinder placed on the surface of the section (Fig.) [Please select]
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On the mound was erected a truncated obelisk, the stone emblem of the Sun-god. [Please select]
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'Keep him so, then,' said the abbot testily, who did not love to have his periods truncated. [Please select]
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Hence we understand that the amputation of the latter by the old naturalists truncated only and did not destroy the imaginal limb. [Please select]
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_Page 233_ ORDER ALECTORIDES Angle of the mandible always truncated, hind toe generally raised above level of others. [Please select]
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The dorsal margin in contrast sweeps sharply upward behind the teeth and continues posteriorly in a long, low, truncated coronoid process. [Please select]
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The feet are large; the fore-feet broad, somewhat truncated, with moderately long toes and powerful claws. [Please select]
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A blast-furnace is a hollow chamber enveloped, generally speaking, in a mass of masonry, of the form of a truncated pyramid. [Please select]
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Each of these pillars of flesh terminates suddenly at its upper extremity, as though cut short, and from the truncated portion rises a short, slender tendon, which is attached laterally to the corresponding cymbal. [Please select]
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The Tasmanian wolf is a heavy, long beast, with a truncated muzzle, short legs, a thin, taper tail, and a very massive shoulder and neck. [Please select]
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