Definition of Dodecehedron
Do*dec`a*he"dron (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?;
twelve + &?; seat, bottom, base: cf. F.
dodécaèdre.] (Geom. & Crystallog.) A
solid having twelve faces.
&fist; 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (geometry) a polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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