Plato's number refers to the number of faces on the Platonic solids, which are the five regular polyhedra that have identical faces of congruent polygons. Specifically, Plato's number is traditionally associated with the number **5**, which corresponds to the five Platonic solids: 1. Tetrahedron (4 faces) 2. Cube (6 faces) 3. Octahedron (8 faces) 4. Dodecahedron (12 faces) 5.

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