icosahedron
[ ahy-koh-suh-hee-druhn, ahy-kos-uh- ]
/ aɪˌkoʊ səˈhi drən, aɪˌkɒs ə- /
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noun, plural i·co·sa·he·drons, i·co·sa·he·dra [ahy-koh-suh-hee-druh, ahy-kos-uh-]. /aɪˌkoʊ səˈhi drə, aɪˌkɒs ə-/.
a solid figure having 20 faces.
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Origin of icosahedron
1560–70; <Greek eikosáedron, equivalent to eikosa- (variant of eikosi-, combining form of eíkosi twenty) + -edron-hedron
OTHER WORDS FROM icosahedron
i·co·sa·he·dral, adjectiveWords nearby icosahedron
iconology, iconomatic, iconophile, iconoscope, iconostasis, icosahedron, icositetrahedron, ICP, ICQ, ICS, ICSH
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British Dictionary definitions for icosahedron
icosahedron
/ (ˌaɪkəsəˈhiːdrən) /
noun plural -drons or -dra (-drə)
a solid figure having 20 faces. The faces of a regular icosahedron are equilateral triangles
Derived forms of icosahedron
icosahedral, adjectiveWord Origin for icosahedron
C16: from Greek eikosaedron, from eikosi twenty + -edron -hedron
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Scientific definitions for icosahedron
icosahedron
[ ī-kō′sə-hē′drən ]
Plural icosahedrons icosahedra
A polyhedron having twenty faces.
Other words from icosahedron
icosahedral adjectiveThe American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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