| Uniform hexagonal antiprism | |
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| Type | Prismatic uniform polyhedron |
| Elements | F = 14, E = 24 V = 12 (χ = 2) |
| Faces by sides | 12{3}+2{6} |
| Schläfli symbol | s{2,12} sr{2,6} |
| Wythoff symbol | | 2 2 6 |
| Coxeter diagram |      |
| Symmetry group | D6d, [2+,12], (2*6), order 24 |
| Rotation group | D6, [6,2]+, (622), order 12 |
| References | U 77(d) |
| Dual | Hexagonal trapezohedron |
| Properties | convex |
 Vertex figure 3.3.3.6 | |
In geometry, the hexagonal antiprism is the 4th in an infinite set of antiprisms formed by an even-numbered sequence of triangle sides closed by two polygon caps.
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Antiprisms are similar to prisms except the bases are twisted relative to each other, and that the side faces are triangles, rather than quadrilaterals.
In the case of a regular n-sided base, one usually considers the case where its copy is twisted by an angle 180°/n. Extra regularity is obtained by the line connecting the base centers being perpendicular to the base planes, making it a right antiprism. As faces, it has the two n-gonal bases and, connecting those bases, 2n isosceles triangles.
If faces are all regular, it is a semiregular polyhedron.
