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juxtaposition

juxtapose |ˈjəkstəˌpōz; ˌjəkstəˈpōz|
verb [ trans. ]
place or deal with close together for contrasting effect : black-and-white photos of slums were starkly juxtaposed with color images.
DERIVATIVES
juxtaposition |ˌjəkstəpəˈzi sh ən| |ˈdʒəkstəpəˈzɪʃən| noun
juxtapositional |ˌjəkstəpəˈzi sh ənl| |ˈdʒəkstəpəˈzɪʃənl| |ˈdʒəkstəpəˈzɪʃnəl| adjective
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French juxtaposer, from Latin juxta 'next' + French poser 'to place.'

art b

ive always liked ......dodecahedron  



A rhombic dodecahedron and its dual,
a cuboctahedron Being the dual of an Archimedean polyhedron,
the rhombic dodecahedron is face-transitive, meaning the symmetry group of the solid acts transitively on the set of faces
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Incursus

Quoting: art b
dodecahedron


still trying to teach that one to the niece