Octagonal prism
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| Type | Prismatic uniform polyhedron |
| Elements | F = 10, E = 24, V = 16 (χ = 2) |
| Faces by sides | 8{4}+2{8} |
| Schläfli symbol | t{2,8} or {8}×{} |
| Wythoff symbol | 2 8 | 2 2 2 4 | |
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| Symmetry | D8h, [8,2], (*822), order 32 |
| Rotation group | D8, [8,2]+, (822), order 16 |
| References | U76(f) |
| Dual | Octagonal dipyramid |
| Properties | convex, zonohedron |
 Vertex figure 4.4.8 | |
In geometry, the octagonal prism is the sixth in an infinite set of prisms, formed by square sides and two regular octagon caps.
If faces are all regular, it is a semiregular polyhedron.
Symmetry
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| Symmetry | D4h, [2,4], (*422) | D4d, [2+,8], (2*4) |
| Construction | tr{4,2} or t{4}×{},
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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:
Truncated square prismatic honeycomb
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Omnitruncated cubic honeycomb
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Runcitruncated cubic honeycomb
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It is also an element of two four-dimensional uniform 4-polytopes:
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Omnitruncated tesseract
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Related polyhedra
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| Prism name | Digonal prism | (Trigonal) Triangular prism |
(Tetragonal) Square prism |
Pentagonal prism | Hexagonal prism | Heptagonal prism | Octagonal prism | Enneagonal prism | Decagonal prism | Hendecagonal prism | Dodecagonal prism | ... | Apeirogonal prism |
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| Vertex config. | 2.4.4 | 3.4.4 | 4.4.4 | 5.4.4 | 6.4.4 | 7.4.4 | 8.4.4 | 9.4.4 | 10.4.4 | 11.4.4 | 12.4.4 | ... | ∞.4.4 |
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| *n42 symmetry mutation of omnitruncated tilings: 4.8.2n | ||||||||
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| Symmetry *n42 [n,4] |
Spherical | Euclidean | Compact hyperbolic | Paracomp. | ||||
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*342 [3,4] |
*442 [4,4] |
*542 [5,4] |
*642 [6,4] |
*742 [7,4] |
*842 [8,4]... |
*∞42 [∞,4] | |
| Omnitruncated figure |
 4.8.4 |
 4.8.6 |
 4.8.8 |
 4.8.10 |
 4.8.12 |
 4.8.14 |
 4.8.16 |
 4.8.∞ |
| Omnitruncated duals |
 V4.8.4 |
 V4.8.6 |
 V4.8.8 |
 V4.8.10 |
 V4.8.12 |
 V4.8.14 |
 V4.8.16 |
 V4.8.∞ |
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