Dodecahedron Definition

dōdĕk-ə-hēdrən
dodecahedra, dodecahedrons
noun
A solid figure with twelve plane faces.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Dodecahedron

Noun

Singular:
dodecahedron
Plural:
dodecahedra, dodecahedrons

Origin of Dodecahedron

  • Greek dōdekaedron from neuter of Greek dōdekaedros having twelve sides dōdeka twelve dodecagon -edros sided -hedron

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek δωδεκάεδρόν (dōdekaedron).

    From Wiktionary

Dodecahedron Sentence Examples

  • The truncated dodecahedron is formed by truncating the vertices of a dodecahedron parallel to the faces of the coaxial icosahedron so as to leave the former decagons.

  • The pentagon is the basis of the dodecahedron.

  • Shown above is an icosahedron of twelve dodecahedral structures surrounding a central dodecahedron; (H 2 O) 130.

  • Unfortunately, my magnetic kit didn't have enough connectors to make a dodecahedron, so here is a child's ball instead.

  • The form of David Mitchell's Six-way Brick is a rhombic dodecahedron from which twelve small rhombic pyramids have been removed.

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Words Starting With

DDODOD

Words Ending With

NONRON

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