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Image:120px-Dodecahedron-slowturn.gif|thumb|A dodecahedron
English
Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/�d��d�k��hi�dr�n/|/�d��dɪk��hi�dr�n/
a|RP IPA|/�do�d�k��hi�dr�n/
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Noun
en-noun| dodecahedr|a | pl2=dodecahedrons
- 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 Å¿olid Figure of 12 Sides or Faces that are regular Pentagons, it is one of the Platonick or Regular Bodies.
Related terms
dodecahedral
rhombicosidodecahedron
Translations
trans-top|a polyhedron with 12 faces
Finnish: dodekaedri
French: dodécaèdre m
German: Dodekaeder n
Hungarian: dodekaéder
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Norwegian: dodekaeder n
Polish: dwunasto�cian foremny m
Portuguese: dodecaedro m
Spanish: dodecaedro m
Swedish: dodekaeder c
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