Dodecahedron

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dodecahedron \Do*dec`a*he"dron\, n. [Gr. ?; ? twelve + ? seat,
     bottom, base: cf. F. dod['e]ca[`e]dre.] (Geom. & Crystallog.)
     A solid having twelve faces.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dodecahedron
       n : any polyhedron having twelve plane faces