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 |