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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (d?dekáedron). Equivalent to dodeca- +? -hedron.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??d?k??hi?d??n/, /?d??d?k??hi?d??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?do?d?k??hi?d??n/

Noun

dodecahedron (plural dodecahedra or dodecahedrons)

1. (geometry) A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.
   • 1707, Thomas Blount, Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, A Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words, D. Brown, heading DO–DO,

     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.

   Synonym: duodecahedron

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• dodecahedron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

dodecahedron +? -ane

Noun

dodecahedrane (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) One of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C₂₀H₂₀, having the carbon atoms at the vertices of a regular dodecahedron.

See also

• cubane
• tetrahedrane