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icositetrahedron

[ ahy-koh-si-te-truh-hee-druhn, ahy-kos-uh- ]

noun

plural icositetrahedrons, icositetrahedra
  1. a solid figure having 24 faces.


icositetrahedron

/ ËŒ²¹Éª°ìÉ™²õɪˌ³ÙÉ›³Ù°ùəˈ³ó¾±Ë»å°ùÉ™²Ô /

noun

  1. a solid figure having 24 trapezoid faces, as occurring in some crystals
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of icositetrahedron1

1825–35; < Greek eikosi- (combining form of ±ðí°ì´Ç²õ¾± twenty) + tetrahedron
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Example Sentences

The resulting protein assembly has the shape of a pentagonal icositetrahedron, which is the dual of the snub cube.

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Here the cube, octahedron, rhombic dodecahedron, triakis-octahedron and icositetrahedron are geometrically the same as in the first class.

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Faces of a pentagonal icositetrahedron with high indices have been very rarely observed on crystals of cuprite, potassium chloride and ammonium chloride, but none of these are circular polarizing.

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