Honeycomb aligned. Thus, each cell has two vertically oriented walls, with the upper and lower parts of the cells composed of two angled walls. The open end of a cell is typically referred to as the top of the cell, while the opposite end is called the bottom. The cells slope slightly upwards, between 9 and 14°, towards the open ends. Two possible explanations exist as to why honeycomb is composed of hexagons, rather than any other shape. First, the hexagonal tiling creates a partition with equal-sized cells, while minimizing the total perimeter of the cells. Known in geometry as the
Cubic honeycomb and its dual triangular pyramidille. Four cells exist around each vertex: The "cantitruncated cubic honeycomb" can be orthogonally projected into the euclidean plane with various symmetry arrangements. Cells can be shown in two different symmetries. The linear Coxeter diagram form can be drawn with one color for each cell type. The bifurcating diagram form can be drawn with two types (colors) of truncated cuboctahedron cells alternating. The dual of the "cantitruncated cubic honeycomb" is called a triangular pyramidille, with Coxeter diagram, . This honeycomb cells represents the fundamental domains of formula_2 symmetry. A cell can be as 1/24 of a