dodecahedron

American

[doh-dek-uh-hee-druhn, doh-dek-] / doʊˌdɛk əˈhi drən, ˌdoʊ dɛk- /

noun

Geometry, Crystallography.

a solid figure having 12 faces.

dodecahedron British

/ ˌdəʊdɛkəˈhiːdrən /

noun

a solid figure having twelve plane faces. A regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces See also polyhedron

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dodecahedron Scientific

/ dō′dĕk-ə-hē′drən /

A polyhedron having twelve faces.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

dodecahedral

adjective

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Nouns

Etymology

Origin of dodecahedron

First recorded in 1560–70; dodeca- + -hedron

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The shape of the material universe in the mind of the Demiurgus— the DODECAHEDRON.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

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