The truncated square prismatic honeycomb is a space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb) in Euclidean 3-space. It is composed of octagonal prisms and cubes in a ratio of 1:1.
It is constructed from a truncated square tiling extruded into prisms.
It is one of 28 convex uniform honeycombs.
Famous quotes containing the words square and/or prismatic:
“Mark you the floore? that square & speckled stone,
Which looks so firm and strong,
Is Patience:”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)
“Bribed with a little sunlight and a few prismatic tints, we bless our Maker, and stave off his wrath with hymns.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)