truncated dodecahedra
truncated dodecahedra is the plural of truncated dodecahedron.
Meaning of truncated dodecahedron
Noun
truncated dodecahedron (plural truncated dodecahedra or truncated dodecahedrons)
- An Archimedean solid with thirty-two regular faces (twelve decagons and twenty triangles) and ninety edges.
- This, which may be regarded as a brown garnet or schoerl in truncated dodecahedrons of Rome de Lisle, was originally found in the island of Ceylon, among tourmalines and other crystalline substances, with which it was confounded.1813, Spinell, entry in John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, Newton Bosworth (editors), Pantologia: A New Cyclopaedia, Volume XI: SPA — TZE, unnumbered page
Questions about truncated dodecahedra
- What is truncated dodecahedra the plural of?
- Truncated dodecahedra is the plural of truncated dodecahedron.
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