About The Word Dodecahedron
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Dodecahedron
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What's The Definition Of Dodecahedron?
[n] any polyhedron having twelve plane faces
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dodecahedron: Related Terms | Find terms related to Dodecahedron: See Also | polyhedron Dodecahedron In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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