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Dodecahedron n. (Geom. & Crystallog.) A solid having twelve faces. Note: 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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dodecahedron" Quotes from Famous Books

... this conceit, he supposed that the distances of the planets were regulated by the sizes of the five regular solids described within one another. "The Earth is the circle, the measurer of all. Round it describe a dodecahedron; the circle including this will be Mars. Round Mars describe a tetrahedron; the circle including this will be Jupiter. Describe a cube round Jupiter; the circle including this will be Saturn. Then inscribe in the Earth an icosahedron; the circle described ...

— The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler • David Brewster

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... symmetry. These projections would correspond to the network of lines seen in looking through a glass paperweight of the given shape, the lines being formed by the joining of the several faces. Figure 13 represents ornamental bands developed in this manner. The dodecahedron and icosahedron, having more faces, yield more intricate patterns, and there is no limit to the variety of interesting designs obtainable by these direct ...

— Architecture and Democracy • Claude Fayette Bragdon

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Words linked to "Dodecahedron" : regular dodecahedron, polyhedron