Polyhedra abbreviations
All abbreviations are those used by Jonathan Bowers, they are primarily used in his descriptions of polychora (the 4 dimensional equivalent to the polyhedra).
Abbreviations for the uniform polyhedra are given with the respective polyhedra. Others, for prisms and anti-prisms, are given below:
Base Polygon | Prism | Anti-prism | Crossed Anti-prism |
3 | Trip | Oct (octahedron) | |
4 | Cube | Squap | |
5 | Pip | Pap | |
5/2 | Stip | Stap | Starp |
6 | Hip | Hap | |
7 | Hep | Heap ("he-ap") | |
7/2 | Ship | Sthap | |
7/3 | Giship | Gisthap | Gisthirp |
8 | Op | Oap ("o-ap") | |
8/3 | Stop | Stoap ("sto-ap") | Storp |
9 | Ep | Eap ("e-ap") | |
9/2 | Step | Steap ("ste-ap") | |
9/4 | Gistep | Gisteap | Gisterp |
10 | Dip | Dap | |
10/3 | Stiddip | Stiddap |