icosahedron

icosahedron

i·co·sa·he·dron

I0016100 (ī-kō′sə-hē′drən, ī-kŏs′ə-)n. pl. i·co·sa·he·drons or i·co·sa·he·dra (-drə) A polyhedron having 20 faces.

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[Greek eikosaedron, from neuter of Greek eikosaedros, twenty-sided : eikosi, twenty; see wīkm̥tī- in Indo-European roots + -edros, -sided; see -hedron.]

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i·co′sa·he′dral (-drəl) adj.

icosahedron

(ˌaɪkəsəˈhiːdrən) n, pl -drons or -dra (-drə) (Mathematics) a solid figure having 20 faces. The faces of a regular icosahedron are equilateral triangles[C16: from Greek eikosaedron, from eikosi twenty + -edron -hedron] ˌicosaˈhedral adj

i•co•sa•he•dron

(aɪˌkoʊ səˈhi drən, aɪˌkɒs ə-)

n., pl. -drons, -dra (-drə). a solid figure having 20 faces. [1560–70; < Greek eikosáedron=eikosa-, variant of eikosi-, comb. form of eíkosi twenty + -edron -hedron]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

icosahedron - any polyhedron having twenty plane facespolyhedron - a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces

Translations

icosaèdreicosaedro