Hecatonicosachoron

//hɛkətɔnaɪkoʊsɪˈkoʊɹɔn// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A four-dimensional object analogous to a dodecahedron, constructed out of one hundred and twenty dodecahedra, arranged 4 to a vertex.

    "The pentachoron, the hecatonicosachoron, and the hexacosichoron all have dichoral angles which are not divisors of 2π, and consequently, they are not space-filling."

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"The pentachoron, the hecatonicosachoron, and the hexacosichoron all have dichoral angles which are not divisors of 2π, and consequently, they are not space-filling."

Etymology

From hecaton- (“one hundred”) + icosa- (“twenty”) + -choron (“room”), from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “one hundred”) εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) and χῶρος (khôros, “room”).

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