Isotoxal Figure

Isotoxal Figure

In geometry, a polytope (a polygon, polyhedron or tiling, for example) is isotoxal or edge-transitive if its symmetries act transitively on its edges. Informally, this means that there is only one type of edge to the object: given two edges, there is a translation, rotation and/or reflection that will move one edge to the other, while leaving the region occupied by the object unchanged.

The term isotoxal is derived from the Greek τοξον meaning arc.

Read more about Isotoxal Figure:  Isotoxal Polygons, Isotoxal Polyhedra and Tilings

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