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What (who) is KALEIDOSCOPIC - definition

METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A UNIFORM POLYHEDRON OR PLANE TILING
Wythoff's construction; Kaleidoscopic construction; Non-Wythoffian
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  • Wythoffian constructions from 3 mirrors forming a right triangle.

kaleidoscopic      
If you describe something as kaleidoscopic, you mean that it consists of a lot of very different parts, such as different colours, patterns, or shapes.
...a kaleidoscopic study of the shifting ideas and symbols of French nationhood.
ADJ: ADJ n
Kaleidoscopic      
·adj ·Alt. of Kaleidoscopical.
kaleidoscope         
  • Alternative positions of the reflectors in the kaleidoscope, as illustrated in the 1817 patent.
  • Polyangular Kaleidoscope of R.B. Bate (with adjustable reflector angles), as illustrated in ''Treatise on the Kaleidoscope'' (1819)
  • diagrams of the patterns of polycentral kaleidoscoped in ''Treatise on the Kaleidoscope'' (1819)
  • A comparison of the mirror constructions of Kircher (left) and Bradley (right)
  • Video of a rotating kaleidoscope view
  • A woman looks into a large kaleidoscope
  • Patterns when seen through a kaleidoscope tube
OPTICAL INSTRUMENT PUBLISHED IN THE PATENT
Kalidescope; Kalaidoscope; Kalidoscope; Caleidoscope; KaleidoScope; Kaleidescope; Kaleidascope; Kaliedoscope
[k?'l??d?sk??p]
¦ noun
1. a toy consisting of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of coloured glass or paper, whose reflections produce changing patterns when the tube is rotated.
2. a constantly changing pattern or sequence.
Derivatives
kaleidoscopic adjective
kaleidoscopically adverb
Origin
C19: from Gk kalos 'beautiful' + eidos 'form' + -scope.

Wikipedia

Wythoff construction

In geometry, a Wythoff construction, named after mathematician Willem Abraham Wythoff, is a method for constructing a uniform polyhedron or plane tiling. It is often referred to as Wythoff's kaleidoscopic construction.

Examples of use of KALEIDOSCOPIC
1. "Disciplines" – core organisational principles – seem healthily uneroded by these ever–dividing, kaleidoscopic formations.
2. A "painting associate" approached to help me through the kaleidoscopic maze.
3. It is not large in area, but it boasts of kaleidoscopic natural scene.
4. And it calls for structural improvement to prevent the kind of kaleidoscopic collapses at the Twin Towers.
5. Pyongyang, April 1' (KCNA) –– The name of Mangyongdae in Pyongyang was derived from its beautiful kaleidoscopic views.