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PRONUNCIATION OF DECAHEDRON

decahedron  [ˌdɛkəˈhiːdrən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECAHEDRON

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Decahedron is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DECAHEDRON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Decahedron

In geometry, a decahedron is a polyhedron with ten faces. There are 32300 topologically distinct decahedra and none is regular, so this name is ambiguous. With regular faces: ▪ Octagonal prism ▪ Square antiprism ▪ Square cupola ▪ Pentagonal dipyramid ▪ Augmented pentagonal prism With irregular faces it can also be: ▪ Pentagonal trapezohedron — often used as a die in role playing games, known as d10 ▪ Enneagonal pyramid...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECAHEDRON


chiliahedron
ˌkɪlɪəˈhiːdrən
dihedron
daɪˈhiːdrən
dodecahedron
ˌdəʊdɛkəˈhiːdrən
hemihedron
ˌhɛmɪˈhiːdrən
heptahedron
ˌhɛptəˈhiːdrən
hexahedron
ˌhɛksəˈhiːdrən
holohedron
ˌhɒləˈhiːdrən
icosahedral
ˌaɪkəsəˈhiːdrən
icosahedron
ˌaɪkəsəˈhiːdrən
icositetrahedron
ˌaɪkəsɪˌtɛtrəˈhiːdrən
octahedron
ˌɒktəˈhiːdrən
octohedron
ˌɒktəˈhiːdrən
pentahedron
ˌpɛntəˈhiːdrən
polyhedron
ˌpɒlɪˈhiːdrən
rhombohedron
ˌrɒmbəʊˈhiːdrən
scalenohedron
ˌskeɪliːnəˈhiːdrən
tetrahedron
ˌtɛtrəˈhiːdrən
trapezohedron
trəˌpiːzəʊˈhiːdrən
trihedron
traɪˈhiːdrən
trisoctahedron
trɪsˌɒktəˈhiːdrən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECAHEDRON

decaffeinate
decaffeinated
decagon
decagonal
decagonally
decagram
decagramme
decagynian
decagynous
decahedral
decal
decalcification
decalcified
decalcifier
decalcifies
decalcify
decalcomania
decalescence
decalescent
decaliter

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECAHEDRON

caldron
cauldron
chaldron
chawdron
dendron
enneahedron
hadron
hendecahedron
Kedron
Kidron
leucitohedron
liriodendron
pauldron
philodendron
regular hexahedron
regular icosahedron
rhododendron
squadron
tendron

Synonyms and antonyms of decahedron in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decahedron» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECAHEDRON

Find out the translation of decahedron to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decahedron from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decahedron» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

十面体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decaedro
570 millions of speakers

English

decahedron
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

decahedron
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

decahedron
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

декаэдр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decaedro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

decahedron
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décaèdre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Decahedron
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dekaeder
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

10面体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

decahedron
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decahedron
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

decahedron
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

decahedron
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिकॅडो्रोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

decahedron
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decaedro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decahedron
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

декаедр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decahedron
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

decahedron
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

decahedron
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tioplaning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decahedron
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decahedron

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECAHEDRON»

The term «decahedron» is normally little used and occupies the 145.952 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECAHEDRON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decahedron

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECAHEDRON»

Discover the use of decahedron in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decahedron and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nanostructured and Advanced Materials for Applications in ...
The ideal decahedron is composed of 5 tetrahedra. However, the growth shapes may exhibit different building units like octahedra (star decahedron), truncated octahedra (facet decahedron), cuboctahedra (prism decahedron), and cubes ...
Ashok Vaseashta, D. Dimova-Malinovska, J.M. Marshall
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Nanomaterials and Nanochemistry
(c) Icosahedron with 147 atoms. (d) Truncated decahedron with 146 atoms Table 1.1. Magic numbers for different clusters: icosahedron, cubo-octahedron, truncated (Marks) decahedron, and truncated octahedron (Wulff polyhedron for an fcc ...
C. Bréchignac, P. Houdy, M. Lahmani, 2008
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Complex-shaped Metal Nanoparticles: Bottom-Up Syntheses and ...
When the size of the NP is in the range of 1–5 nm, the regular decahedron is never observed. The most common shapes are the truncated ones, the Marks decahedron and the round decahedron. The first structure was introduced by Marks ...
Tapan K. Sau, Andrey L. Rogach, 2012
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Decahedron
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In geometry, a decahedron is a polyhedron with 10 faces. There are 32300 topologically distinct decahedra and none are regular, so this name is ambiguous.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Metallic Nanoparticles
An alternative arrangement with this symmetry is the decahedron constructed out of five slightly distorted tetrahedra with a common edge (Figure 2.17(a)). The five edges in the x–y plane are longer than the other tetrahedron edges by a factor ...
‎2008
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CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Second Edition
5) rR'|ID Small rhombido- decahedron Small dipteral hexecontahedron 92 f{4. 3} t 'C stellatruncated cube Great triakis octahedron 90 oa{5, 3} rR'|ID* Small dodekico- sahedron Small dipteral trisicosahedron 9 t{3. 5} u Truncated icosa- hedron ...
Eric W. Weisstein, 2002
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Nanocrystal Assembly for Bottom-up Plasmonic Materials
Decahe- dra act as nucleates for anisotropic wire growth, where the nanowires retain five-fold symmetric cross-sections and decahedral endpoints. (B-D) Experimentally observed (B) Au decahedron, (C) Au icoshedron, and (D) Ag nanowires.
Andrea Rae Tao, 2007
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Catalysis and Electrocatalysis at Nanoparticle Surfaces
transforms to a decahedron and around 1000 atoms only it becomes FCC [69]. At this stage, however, several remarks can be made. First, the energy between different configurations can be very small, especially for small sizes [70]. Second  ...
Andrzej Wieckowski, Elena R. Savinova, Constantinos G. Vayenas, 2003
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The Dark Red Amulet: Oral Instructions on the Practice of ...
Below the faces is a decahedron, a sphere with ten flat sides. It is like an octagon, but there are top and bottom sides as well. The ten sides symbolize the ten wrathful deities of Vajrakilaya; they are mentioned in the larger Vajrakilaya sadhanas ...
Khenchen Palden Rinpoche, 2009
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Springer Handbook of Nanomaterials
A decahedron is made up of two pentagonal pyramids sharing a common basis. It has a single fivefold axis and is formed by five tetrahedra sharing a common edge along the fivefold axis. When five regular tetrahedra are packed, gaps remain ...
Robert Vajtai, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECAHEDRON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decahedron is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ready for a new home: Seppeltsfield tourism and event manager …
... craftsman Andrew Pywell who has reworked 300 year old Jarrah timbers previously used in wine spirit vats into decahedron-shaped boxes. «NEWS.com.au, May 15»
2
San Jose: Sculpture kiosk puts images in another dimesnsion
Stepping inside the decahedron that is the Twindom booth at the Westfield Valley Fair mall may feel otherworldly. Indeed, the company urges ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jan 15»
3
A nano-thermodynamic look at gold-copper alloys
... nm – namely the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, decahedron, dodecahedron, rhombic dodecahedron, truncated octahedron, cuboctahedron, ... «Nanowerk, Oct 14»
4
At The Nanoscale, A 150 Year Old Law Of Crystal Growth Breaks …
... the synthesis of nanocrystals featuring a variety of shapes - cube, octahedron, tetrahedron, decahedron, icosahedron, etc., - controlling these ... «Science 2.0, Aug 14»
5
Researchers obtain first direct observation of facet formation in …
... of shapes - cube, octahedron, tetrahedron, decahedron, icosahedron, etc., - controlling these shapes is often difficult and unpredictable. «Phys.Org, Aug 14»
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Before War, A Punk Drummer Preserved Syrian Chants
He's a drummer who's played in several punk bands in the Washington, D.C., area, including Frodus, Decahedron and Regents. You can hear their conversation ... «New Hampshire Public Radio, Aug 14»
7
The Decahedron fire pit to make the outdoors even more delightful
The fire pit from Decaherdron Maximus is sure to become the focal point of everybody's attention, once you install it in the outdoors. «Hill Post, Aug 14»
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Cross-stitch Doctor Who 12-Sided Die is a Doctor-Decahedron
With so many Doctors to choose from, it can be tough to decide which to invest your time in. Can't decide which Doctor to watch? There's a die ... «Technabob, Jul 14»
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David Astle's Wordplay: For some mail, you need armour
Mind you, the Spanish own cinco for five, while six singers comprise a sextet, and 10 sides, a decahedron.Then there's the standard quorum of ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 14»
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Hacking? Making! All is fair at Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2014
Made of plastic (Coroplast), the Domedecahedron is a dome made from recursive domes of decahedron. A decahedron is composed of 12 ... «Straight.com, Jun 14»

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