Definition of Icosahedral

1. Adjective. Of or relating to an icosahedron.

Partainyms: Icosahedron
Derivative terms: Icosahedron

Definition of Icosahedral

1. a. Having twenty equal sides or faces.

Definition of Icosahedral

1. Adjective. of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Icosahedral

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Icosahedral

1. Having twenty equal sides or faces. See: Icosahedron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Icosahedral

iconostases
iconostasis
iconotheca
iconothecas
iconotropic
iconotropy
iconotype
icons
iconstasis
icosa-
icosaedron
icosaedrum
icosagon
icosagons
icosahedra
icosahedral (current term)
icosahedrality
icosahedrally
icosahedron
icosahedrons
icosandria
icosandrous
icosane
icosanoid
icosanoids
icosapentaenoic acid
icosasphere
icosaspheres
icosidodecadodecahedra
icosidodecadodecahedron

Literary usage of Icosahedral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Linear Groups: With an Exposition of the Galois Field Theory by Leonard Eugene Dickson (1901)
"icosahedral subgroups of GU(,) for p = 5. An icosahedral ^eo is generated by two operators F5> F2 different from the identity and subject to the ..."

2. Theory and Applications of Finite Groups by George Abram Miller, Hans Frederick Blichfeldt, Leonard Eugene Dickson (1916)
"In this case the groups must be isomorphic with the icosahedral group on six ... If we can prove that such a group G must also contain the icosahedral group ..."

3. Theory of Groups of Finite Order by William Burnside (1897)
"Now each icosahedral subgroup has 6 sub-groups of order 5 ; and H contains ^p(p+ 1) ... The number of icosahedral sub-groups in H is therefore "-1 +i) ..."

4. Algebraic Equations by George Ballard Mathews (1907)
"+ p5 = 0 the coefficients are binary forms which are invariable for the icosahedral group and of degrees 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 respectively. ..."

5. Development of Mathematics in the 19th Century by Felix Klein, Robert Hermann (1979)
"Conversely, the icosahedral sphere is a single-valued image of this domain of ... Evidently, there are no simpler functions on it than our icosahedral ..."

6. Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science (1870)
"Its molecule of culmination is therefore icosahedral, and its volume may be inferred to be normal, that is, equal to the unit volume of water, ..."

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