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sphenocorona

sphenocorona noun: a polyhedron, one of the Johnson solids, whose faces are composed of 12 equilateral triangles and 2 squares.

sphenocorona: a polyhedron, one of the Johnson solids, whose faces are composed of 12 equilateral triangles and 2...
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Noun

sphenocorona

  1. A polyhedron, one of the Johnson solids, whose faces are composed of 12 equilateral triangles and 2 squares.

Origin of sphenocorona

Blend of sphenoid + corona or from spheno- + corona. Coined by Norman W. Johnson in 1969.

Words formed from sphenocorona

Questions about sphenocorona

What does sphenocorona mean?
Sphenocorona means a polyhedron, one of the Johnson solids, whose faces are composed of 12 equilateral triangles and 2 squares.
What part of speech is sphenocorona?
Sphenocorona is a noun.

Words near sphenocorona in the dictionary

  1. sphenobasions
  2. sphenoccipital
  3. sphenocephalic
  4. sphenocephaly
  5. sphenochasm
  6. sphenocorona
  7. sphenodon
  8. sphenodons
  9. sphenodont
  10. sphenodontian
  11. sphenodontians

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