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dodecahedral, a.|ˌdəʊdɪkəˈhiːdrəl| Also dodecaedral. [f. dodecahedr-on + -al1.] Having the form of a dodecahedron; twelve-sided.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 207 Transparent, and of a dodecaedral figure. Ibid. II. 8 It often gives dodecahædral crystals. 1870Bentley Bot. 14 In a perfectly regular arrangement..we have dodecahedral cells. So ˌdodecaˈhedric a. = prec.
1878Lawrence tr. Cotta's Rocks Class. 34 Cleavage indistinct, dodecahedric. 1881Ruskin Love's Meinie I. iii. 126, I retain, therefore, my dodecahedric form of catechism. |