Definition of Regular dodecahedron

1. Noun. A dodecahedron with twelve regular pentagons as faces.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Regular Dodecahedron

regrowths
regs
regu
reguardant
regula
regulable
regulae
regular(a)
regular army
regular astigmatism
regular coffee
regular convex polyhedron
regular convex solid
regular dividend
regular dodecahedron (current term)
regular expression
regular expressions
regular function
regular functions
regular hexagon
regular hexahedron
regular icosahedron
regular insulin
regular insulin injection
regular octahedron
regular payment
regular polygon
regular polygons
regular polyhedron

Literary usage of Regular dodecahedron

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

1. Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising by Charles Davies, William Guy Peck (1855)
"The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and regular penta- ' guns, and is one of the fiée regular polyhedrons of geometry. ..."

2. A Short History of Science by William Thompson Sedgwick, Harry Walter Tyler (1917)
"Using squares instead of triangles, we obtain only the cube; using pentagons (angle 108°), the regular dodecahedron — 12 faces, 3 at each vertex. ..."

3. A Short History of Science by William Thompson Sedgwick, Harry Walter Tyler (1917)
"Their discovery of an additional body, the regular dodecahedron, formed by 12 pentagons, made a break in the correspondence, and the need was met by the ..."

4. A Short History of Science by William Thompson Sedgwick, Harry Walter Tyler (1917)
"Their discovery of an additional body, the regular dodecahedron, formed by 12 pentagons, made a break in the correspondence, and the need was met by the ..."

5. Elementary Solid Geometry and Mensuration by Henry Dallas Thompson (1896)
"Prove all the steps in the complete proof that the conjugate of a regular dodecahedron is a regular icosa- hedron. [89, V 25. Prove that the conjugate of a ..."

6. Elements of Synthetic Solid Geometry by Nathan Fellowes Dupuis (1893)
"In the regular dodecahedron show that 11 R2 exceeds 15 r2 ... If a regular dodecahedron and icosahedron be circumscribed to the same sphere, their vertices ..."

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