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do·dec·a·he·dron 
[doh-dek-uh-hee-druhn, doh-dek-] Pronunciation Key
[doh-dek-uh-hee-druhn, doh-dek-] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -drons, -dra
[-druh] Pronunciation Key. Geometry, Crystallography.
[-druh] Pronunciation Key. Geometry, Crystallography. | a solid figure having 12 faces. |
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do·dec·a·he·dron
(dō'děk-ə-hē'drən) Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) n. pl. do·dec·a·he·drons or do·dec·a·he·dra (-drə) A polyhedron with 12 faces. [Greek dōdekaedron : dōdeka, twelve; see dodecagon + -edron, -hedron.] do'dec·a·he'dral adj. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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dodecahedron
dodecahedron
1570, from Gk. dodeka "twelve" (short for duodeka, from duo "two" + deka "ten") + hedra "seat, base, chair, face of a geometric solid," from PIE base *sed- "to sit" (see sedentary).
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| dodecahedron
(dō'děk-ə-hē'drən) Pronunciation Key
Plural dodecahedrons or dodecahedra
A polyhedron having twelve faces.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Dodecahedron
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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