dodecahedron

English - Turkish

Definition of dodecahedron in English Turkish dictionary: onikiyüzlü; on iki yüzlü şekil; oniki yüzlü; (isim) oniki yüzlü şekil; dodekaeder; {i} oniki yüzlü şekil

English - English

Definition of dodecahedron in English English dictionary: A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids
Dodecahedron, (Gr.) in Geometry, is a solid Figure of 12 Sides or Faces that are regular Pentagons, it is one of the Platonick or Regular Bodies.; {n} a solid having twelve equal bases; \Do*dec`a*he"dron\, n [Gr ?; ? twelve + ? seat, bottom, base: cf F dod['e]ca[`e]dre ] (Geom & Crystallog ) A solid having twelve faces Note: The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see Pyritohedron) is related to it; the rhombic dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc; {i} polyhedron having twelve plane faces (Geometry); A twelve-sided solid, with each side being five-sided or pentagonal One of the "platonic primitives" Aladdin4D can generate; A solid figure contained by 12 equal and equilateral triangles; A solid having twelve faces; any polyhedron having twelve plane faces; Polyhedron of 12 Faces; if Regular, 1 of the 5 Platonic Solids; A solid with twelve plane faces Each face is a regular pentagon
pentakis dodecahedron: A Catalan solid equivalent to a dodecahedron with a pentagonal pyramid covering each face
dodecahedra: A plural of dodecahedron
regular dodecahedron: a dodecahedron with twelve regular pentagons as faces

dodecahedron

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do·de·ca·he·dron

[ (")dO-"de-k&-'hE-dr&n ] (noun.) circa 1570. From Ancient Greek δωδεκάεδρον.

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