In geometry, the octagonal prism is a prism comprising eight rectangular sides joining two regular octagon caps.
Symmetry NameDitetragonal prism Ditetragonal trapezoprismImageSymmetryD4h, [2,4], (*422)D4d, [2+,8], (2*4)Constructiontr{4,2} or t{4}×{}, s2{2,8},
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 honeycombOmnitruncated cubic honeycombRuncitruncated cubic honeycomb
It is also an element of two four-dimensional uniform 4-polytopes: Runcitruncated tesseractOmnitruncated tesseract
Related polyhedra
External links
Interactive model of an Octagonal Prism