Figure 1: Initial analyses of the self-assembled Sec13/31 cages. Cuboctahedrons are roughly spherical polyhedrons with 24 edges and 12 vertices, of which 8 are triangles and 6 are squares, and ...

Understand what the properties of 3D shapes are and learn what vertices, faces and edges are with this BBC Bitesize maths guide.

2D shapes have sides and corners. Another name for a corner is a vertex.. A vertex is a point where two or more lines meet. The plural of vertex is vertices.