platonic

Definition of platonic in English English dictionary: Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies; Not sexual in nature (sense derived through a popular interpretation of the above views)
They are friends, but the relationship is strictly platonic.; Of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors; {a} relating to Plato, chaste, pure, refined; The spelling Platonic is also used for meaning 2; free from physical desire; "platonic love"; Platonic means relating to the ideas of the Greek philosopher Plato. the Platonic tradition of Greek philosophy. a relationship that is platonic is just friendly and is not a sexual relationship; Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical; free from physical desire; "platonic love" of or relating to or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy; "Platonic dialogues; {s} not sensual; spiritual; not dependent on anything; A follower of Plato; a Platonist; of or relating to or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy; "Platonic dialogues"; Platonic relationships or feelings of affection do not involve sex. She values the platonic friendship she has had with Chris for ten years. physical; of or relating to or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy; "Platonic dialogues; Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions
Platonic dialogue: A Socratic dialogue authored by Plato
Platonic hydrocarbon: Any of several polycyclic cagelike hydrocarbons whose underlying structure of carbon atoms is that of one of the Platonic solids; not all are possible, either due to excessive strain, or to valency considerations
Platonic hydrocarbons: plural form of Platonic hydrocarbon
Platonic solid: Any one of the following five polyhedra: the regular tetrahedron, the cube, the regular octahedron, the regular dodecahedron and the regular icosahedron
Platonic solids: plural form of Platonic solid
platonic love: Intimate but non-sexual affection
platonic relationships: plural form of platonic relationship
Platonic love: love which does not involve sexual or sensual feelings
Platonic solid: also known as regular polyhedron Geometric solid all of whose faces are identical regular polygons and all of whose angles are equal. There are only five such polyhedrons. The cube is constructed from the square, the dodecahedron from the regular pentagon, and the tetrahedron, octahedron, and icosahedron (with 20 faces) from the equilateral triangle. They are known as the Platonic solids because of Plato's attempt to relate each to one of the five elements that he believed formed the world
platonically: in a non-sensual manner; spiritually
platonically: In a non-physical manner
platonically: In a Platonic manner