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truncated icosidodecahedron

truncated icosidodecahedron noun: an Archimedean solid with 62 regular faces (12 decagons, 20 hexagons and 30 squares) and 180 edges.

truncated icosidodecahedron: an Archimedean solid with 62 regular faces (12 decagons, 20 hexagons and 30 squares) and 180 edges
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Noun

truncated icosidodecahedron (plural truncated icosidodecahedra or truncated icosidodecahedrons)

  1. An Archimedean solid with 62 regular faces (12 decagons, 20 hexagons and 30 squares) and 180 edges.
    • The Solid Shapes Lab, another Science Materials Center contribution to future mathematicians, together to form not only regular polyhedrons but rhombicosidodecahedrons, truncated icosidodecahedrons, and such.1961, The New Yorker, Volume 37, Part 4, page 172
    • The truncated icosahedron and truncated icosidodecahedron have fivefold symmetry and cannot four four-connected frameworks with lattice symmetry.1962, The Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, volume 33, page 1008
    Synonyms:
    great rhombicosidodecahedron, rhombitruncated icosidodecahedron

Synonyms of truncated icosidodecahedron

Forms of truncated icosidodecahedron

pluraltruncated icosidodecahedra
pluraltruncated icosidodecahedrons

Origin of truncated icosidodecahedron

From truncated + icosidodecahedron, referring to a partial construction method for the figure. (The resultant figure requires further distortion to make the faces regular.)

Words formed from truncated icosidodecahedron

  • great truncated icosidodecahedron

Questions about truncated icosidodecahedron

What does truncated icosidodecahedron mean?
Truncated icosidodecahedron means an Archimedean solid with 62 regular faces (12 decagons, 20 hexagons and 30 squares) and 180 edges.
What part of speech is truncated icosidodecahedron?
Truncated icosidodecahedron is a noun.
What is the plural of truncated icosidodecahedron?
The plural of truncated icosidodecahedron is truncated icosidodecahedra.

Words near truncated icosidodecahedron in the dictionary

  1. truncated dodecahedrons
  2. truncated domes
  3. truncated icosahedra
  4. truncated icosahedron
  5. truncated icosahedrons
  6. truncated icosidodecahedron
  7. truncated octahedra
  8. truncated octahedron
  9. truncated octahedrons
  10. truncated tetrahedra
  11. truncated tetrahedron

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