Dodecahedron

//ˌdoʊ.dɛk.əˈhiː.dɹən//

Synonyms for "dodecahedron" (3 found)

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Noun(1 words)

duodecahedron

Strong matches (1)

figure

Related words (1)

triangle

Related word relations

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More general

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polyhedron

Related terms

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Platonic solid cube icosahedron octahedron polyhedron tetrahedron

derived

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Roman dodecahedron dodecadodecahedron dodecahedral dodecahedrane dodecahedronic dyakis dodecahedron great dodecahedron hyperbolic dodecahedron hyperdodecahedron icosidodecahedron pentadodecahedron pentakis dodecahedron rhombic dodecahedron rhombicosidodecahedron rhombidodecahedron snub dodecahedron

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derived from

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dodeca

has context

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geometry

is a

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polyhedron regular geometric solid solid

related to

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dodecadodecahedron dodecahedral face great dodecahedron icosidodecahedron pentagon platonic solid polyhedron regular rhombicosidodecahedron twelve

Translations

54 translations across 41 languages.

Armenian

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տասներկուանիստ noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Azerbaijani

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dodekaedr noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Catalan

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dodecaedre noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
dodecàedre noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Chinese Mandarin

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正十二面體 /正十二面体 noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Czech

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dodekaedr noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
dvanáctistěn noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Danish

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dodekaeder noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Dutch

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dodecaëder noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
regelmatig twaalfvlak noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Esperanto

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dekduedro noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Estonian

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korrapärane dodekaeeder noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Finnish

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dodekaedri noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
kaksitoistatahokas noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

French

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dodécaèdre noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Galician

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dodecaedro noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

German

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12-Flächner noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
Dodekaeder noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
Zwölfflächner noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Haitian Creole

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dodekayèd noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Hebrew

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דּוֹדֶקָהֶדְרוֹן noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
תְּרֵיסָרוֹן noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Hungarian

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dodekaéder noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Icelandic

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tólfflötungur noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Ido

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dodekaedro noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Indonesian

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bangun bersisi dua belas noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
dodekahedron noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Irish

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dóideacaihéadrán noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Italian

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dodecaedro noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Japanese

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十二面体 noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
正十二面体 noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Korean

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정십이면체 noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Latvian

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dodekaedrs noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Lithuanian

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dodekaedras noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Malay

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dodekahedron noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
segi dua puluh noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Norwegian

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dodekaeder noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Occitan

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dodécaèdre noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Polish

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dwunastościan foremny noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Portuguese

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dodecaedro noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Quechua

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chunka iskayniyuq uya noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Russian

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двенадцатигранник noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
додека́эдр noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Serbo-Croatian

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dòdekaēdar noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
до̀декае̄дар noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Spanish

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dodecaedro noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Swedish

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dodekaeder noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Tamil

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பன்னிரண்டுமுக ஐங்கோணகம் noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Thai

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ทรงสิบสองหน้า noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Turkish

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dodekahedron noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Ukrainian

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дванадцятигра́нник noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)
додека́едр noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Vietnamese

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khối mười hai mặt noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Welsh

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dodecahedron noun (a polyhedron with 12 faces)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

It took me two years, but by the time I was 12 I could imagine the fifth four-dimensional polytope, which is made up of 120 dodecahedrons.

Source: wiktionary

There is no uniformity in the size or shape of the dodecahedra found so far, nor in their metal composition or even in the level of craftsmanship. If they were important objects, we would expect to also discover contextual evidence in the archaeological record, such as depictions in paintings or mosaics.

Source: wiktionary

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