In geometry, a ridge is an (n-2)-dimensional element of a polytope. In two dimensions this corresponds to a vertex of a polygon, in three dimensions an edge of a polyhedron, in four dimensions a face of a polychoron, and so forth. Exactly two facets meet at any ridge in a polytope.
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