icosahedron
a solid figure having 20 faces.
Origin of icosahedron
1Other words from icosahedron
- i·co·sa·he·dral, adjective
Words Nearby icosahedron
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How to use icosahedron in a sentence
That is, he thought where there’s water, you’d need to be able to arrange copies of the icosahedral water particle such that the icosahedra perfectly occupied the entirety of the watery space without overlapping.
Undergraduates Hunt for Special Tetrahedra That Fit Together | Kevin Hartnett | February 9, 2021 | Quanta MagazineTwo of these generate the cube and the octahedron; five of these generate the dodecahedron and the icosahedron.
Occult Chemistry | Annie Besant and Charles W. LeadbeaterThe icosahedron, having twenty equilateral triangles as faces.
Bygone Beliefs | H. Stanley RedgroveWithin the earth's orbit inscribe an icosahedron: the sphere inscribed in it will be Venus's orbit.
The Life of Galileo Galilei, with Illustrations of the Advancement of Experimental Philosophy | John Elliot Drinkwater BethuneNow, inscribe in the Earth an icosahedron, the circle inscribed in it will be Venus.
The Life of Galileo Galilei, with Illustrations of the Advancement of Experimental Philosophy | John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune
That for the tetrahedron has 12 for its order, for the cube (or octahedron) 24, and for the icosahedron (or dodecahedron) 60.
British Dictionary definitions for icosahedron
/ (ˌaɪkəsəˈhiːdrən) /
a solid figure having 20 faces. The faces of a regular icosahedron are equilateral triangles
Origin of icosahedron
1Derived forms of icosahedron
- icosahedral, adjective
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Scientific definitions for icosahedron
[ ī-kō′sə-hē′drən ]
A polyhedron having twenty faces.
Other words from icosahedron
- icosahedral adjective
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