dodecahedron

[ doh-dek-uh-hee-druhn, doh-dek- ]

/ doʊˌdɛk əˈhi drən, ˌdoʊ dɛk- /

noun, plural do·dec·a·he·drons, do·dec·a·he·dra [doh-dek-uh-hee-druh, doh-dek-]. /doʊˌdɛk əˈhi drə, ˌdoʊ dɛk-/. Geometry, Crystallography.

a solid figure having 12 faces.

Origin of dodecahedron

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

OTHER WORDS FROM dodecahedron

do·dec·a·he·dral, adjective

Words nearby dodecahedron

doddle, Dodds, doddy, dodeca-, dodecagon, dodecahedron, dodecanal, Dodecanese, dodecanoic acid, dodecaphonic, dodecaphonism

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Example sentences from the Web for dodecahedron

That for the tetrahedron has 12 for its order, for the cube (or octahedron) 24, and for the icosahedron (or dodecahedron) 60.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6|Various
Round it describe a dodecahedron; the circle including this will be Mars.
The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler|David Brewster
The rhombic faces of the dodecahedron are often striated parallel to the longer diagonal.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4|Various
Two of these generate the cube and the octahedron; five of these generate the dodecahedron and the icosahedron.
Occult Chemistry|Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater

You might as well call it a dodecahedron, or the cube root of minus nothing.'
'That Very Mab'|May Kendall and Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for dodecahedron

dodecahedron

/ (ˌdəʊdɛkəˈhiːdrən) /

noun

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

Derived forms of dodecahedron

dodecahedral, adjective

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Scientific definitions for dodecahedron

dodecahedron

[ dō′dĕk-ə-hē′drən ]

Plural dodecahedrons dodecahedra

A polyhedron having twelve faces.

单词	dodecahedron
释义	dodecahedron [ doh-dek-uh-hee-druhn, doh-dek- ] / doʊˌdɛk əˈhi drən, ˌdoʊ dɛk- / noun, plural do·dec·a·he·drons, do·dec·a·he·dra [doh-dek-uh-hee-druh, doh-dek-]. /doʊˌdɛk əˈhi drə, ˌdoʊ dɛk-/. Geometry, Crystallography. a solid figure having 12 faces. Origin of dodecahedron First recorded in 1560–70; dodeca- + -hedron OTHER WORDS FROM dodecahedron do·dec·a·he·dral, adjective Words nearby dodecahedron doddle, Dodds, doddy, dodeca-, dodecagon, dodecahedron, dodecanal, Dodecanese, dodecanoic acid, dodecaphonic, dodecaphonism Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dodecahedron That for the tetrahedron has 12 for its order, for the cube (or octahedron) 24, and for the icosahedron (or dodecahedron) 60. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6\|Various Round it describe a dodecahedron; the circle including this will be Mars. The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler\|David Brewster The rhombic faces of the dodecahedron are often striated parallel to the longer diagonal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4\|Various Two of these generate the cube and the octahedron; five of these generate the dodecahedron and the icosahedron. Occult Chemistry\|Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater You might as well call it a dodecahedron, or the cube root of minus nothing.' 'That Very Mab'\|May Kendall and Andrew Lang British Dictionary definitions for dodecahedron dodecahedron / (ˌdəʊdɛkəˈhiːdrən) / noun a solid figure having twelve plane faces. A regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as facesSee also polyhedron Derived forms of dodecahedron dodecahedral, adjective Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for dodecahedron dodecahedron [ dō′dĕk-ə-hē′drən ] Plural dodecahedrons dodecahedra A polyhedron having twelve faces. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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