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Meaning of "icosahedron" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ICOSAHEDRON

From Greek eikosaedron, from eikosi twenty + -edron-hedron.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ICOSAHEDRON

icosahedron  [ˌaɪkəsəˈhiːdrən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ICOSAHEDRON

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Icosahedron 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 ICOSAHEDRON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

icosahedron

Icosahedron

In geometry, an icosahedron is a polyhedron with 20 triangular faces, 30 edges and 12 vertices. A regular icosahedron with identical equilateral faces is often meant because of its geometrical significance as one of the five Platonic solids. It has five triangular faces meeting at each vertex. It can be represented by its vertex figure as 3.3.3.3.3 or 35, and also by Schläfli symbol. It is the dual of the dodecahedron, which is represented by, having three pentagonal faces around each vertex. A regular icosahedron is a gyroelongated pentagonal bipyramid and a biaugmented pentagonal antiprism in any of six orientations. Icosahedrite is a mineral that has the crystal shape of an icosahedron. The name comes from Greek είκοσι , meaning "twenty", and εδρα , meaning "seat". The plural can be either "icosahedrons" or "icosahedra".

Definition of icosahedron in the English dictionary

The definition of icosahedron in the dictionary is a solid figure having 20 faces. The faces of a regular icosahedron are equilateral triangles.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ICOSAHEDRON


chiliahedron
ˌkɪlɪəˈhiːdrən
decahedron
ˌdɛkəˈhiːdrən
dihedron
daɪˈhiːdrən
dodecahedron
ˌdəʊdɛkəˈhiːdrən
hemihedron
ˌhɛmɪˈhiːdrən
heptahedron
ˌhɛptəˈhiːdrən
hexahedron
ˌhɛksəˈhiːdrən
holohedron
ˌhɒləˈhiːdrən
icosahedral
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 ICOSAHEDRON

iconographic
iconographical
iconographies
iconography
iconolater
iconolatrous
iconolatry
iconological
iconologist
iconology
iconomatic
iconomaticism
iconoscope
iconostas
iconostases
iconostasis
icosahedra
icosahedral
icositetrahedra
icositetrahedron

WORDS THAT END LIKE ICOSAHEDRON

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 icosahedron in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «icosahedron» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ICOSAHEDRON

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

Translator English - Chinese

二十面体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

icosaedro
570 millions of speakers

English

icosahedron
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विंशतिफलक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العشروني الوجوه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

икосаэдр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

icosaedro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

icosahedron
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

icosaèdre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Icosahedron
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ikosaeder
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

20面体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

면체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Icosahedron
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

icosahedron
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இருபதுமுகி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इकोसेडेड्रोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

icosahedron
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

icosaedro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dwudziestościan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ікосаедр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

icosahedron
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εικοσάεδρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

icosaëder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ikosaeder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ikosaeder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of icosahedron

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ICOSAHEDRON»

The term «icosahedron» is regularly used and occupies the 63.240 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ICOSAHEDRON» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ICOSAHEDRON»

Discover the use of icosahedron in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to icosahedron and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lectures on the Icosahedron and the Solution of the Fifth Degree
German mathematician FELIX KLEIN (1849-1925) specialized in function theory, group theory, and non-Euclidean geometry.
Felix Klein, 2007
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Polyhedron Models
But more are now found in the case of the icosahedron. In the case of the dodecahedron all three of its stellations turn out to be genuinely new polyhedra, in fact they all classify as regular. The icosahedron has twenty faces and if all twenty ...
Magnus J. Wenninger, 1974
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Introduction to Group Theory
12 As as the rotation group of an icosahedron Let / be a fixed regular icosahedron in the 3-dimensional Euclidean space (Figure 1 ) and let G be the isometry group of this space, preserving orientation and mapping / to / . The group G contains ...
Oleg Vladimirovič Bogopolʹskij, 2008
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Paper Galaxy: Out-of-This-World Projects to Cut, Fold and Paste
To make the small icosahedron, copy the pattern to project paper, and cut out the entire pattern, including the glue flaps. Fold on all solid lines. Flatten out again. Cut out the inside dashed green triangles on all 20 faces by first poking a small ...
M. D. Prins, 2007
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A Mathematical History of Division in Extreme and Mean Ratio
However, from VI,8 AB: BD = BD: BC and VI,17 tells us R(BC,AB) = S(BD). THEOREM XIII,l4. Inscription of the octahedron. THEOREM XIII,15. Inscription of the cube. S(D) = 3- S(e.,). THEOREM XIII,16[a]. To inscribe an icosahedron in a sphere.
Roger Herz-Fischler, 1987
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Polyhedra: A Visual Approach
Solving a Problem by Constructing Scale Drawings This example shows how the edge lengths of a three-frequency icosahedron can be found by drawing accurate sections through the figure. Each edge of the icosahedron in Diagram Al .19 is ...
Anthony Pugh, 1976
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A Fuller Explanation
However, the icosahedron must sit in a skew (or twisted) position, with its vertices intersecting the octahedral edges off center, dividing each edge into two segments, the longer 1.618 times the length of the shorter. This asymmetry means that ...
Amy Edmondson, 2007
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Animal Virus Structure
The icosahedron is one of the five platonic solids shown in Fig. 1.4. The symmetry of these solids is generally referred to as cubic, but since most viruses possess an icosahedral symmetry the latter term will be used throughout this volume.
M.V. Nermut, A.C. Steven, 1987
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Widespan Roof Structures
Like earlier predecessors our geodesic domes are based on the geometry of the icosahedron, an element with 12 corners and 20 surfaces. Circles drawn through two adjacent corners of the icosahedron result in 'Great Circles', because all ...
Michael Barnes, Michael Dickson, 2000
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The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to ...
One of the first Europeans to see the hexagram structure when it was brought out of China in the early 1700s was Gottfried Leibniz, the first mathematician to work with base two, or binary, arithmetic. icosahedron A polyhedron with 20 faces.
David Darling, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ICOSAHEDRON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term icosahedron is used in the context of the following news items.
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New nanocatalyst does more with less platinum
... of how a particular substance's reactivity changes depending on whether it's structured as an icosahedron, an octahedron or another shape. «Nanowerk, Jul 15»
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Fueled by nanoparticles, new catalyst does more with less platinum
... of how a particular substance's reactivity changes depending on whether it's structured as an icosahedron, an octahedron or another shape. «University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jul 15»
3
How Physics Will Change—and Change the World—in 100 Years
... in space gives us just five distinct Platonic solids: the tetrahedron, cube, the octahedron, the icosahedron, and of course the dodecahedron. «NOVA Next, Jun 15»
4
3D Printed Human Artifacts are Being Sent to the Moon with Hopes …
Why an icosahedron? Because it is the nearest platonic geometry to a radiolorian (plankton) — the most basic life forms in the oceans who are ... «3DPrint.com, Jun 15»
5
WCCUSD educator invited to speak on White House 'makers' panel
... models and products. For example, below are videos showing how the district created a truncated icosahedron model using a 3-D printer. «Richmond Standard, Jun 15»
6
Temple of Elemental Evil Boardgame
Combat involves rolls of a 20-sided die (the icosahedron so familiar to old RPG players), where the player adds the die roll to the attack bonus ... «Paste Magazine, Jun 15»
7
SUNY Potsdam Math Alliance Unveils Campus Icosahedron
The statue itself is an icosahedron, which is considered the greatest of the five Platonic solids. The sculpture has 20 equilateral triangle faces, ... «ReadMedia, May 15»
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The Church Of George Church
It is also wrapped around a 20-sided die, or an icosahedron. “I found this die on the street,” he says. “I like it because it looks like the nuclear ... «Popular Science, Apr 15»
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Carnegie Mellon chemists create tiny gold nanoparticles that reflect …
In the crystal structure, Zeng discovered that the gold core is in the shape of an icosahedron. At the interface between the core and the ... «Nanotechnology News, Apr 15»
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Golf Ball 'swings into action' at city's multi-storey car park
The sphere, which is based on a truncated icosahedron, is aluminium-framed and glazed with dark tinted laminated glass.” Now, 40 years later, ... «Oxford Mail, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Icosahedron [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/icosahedron>. Apr 2024 ».
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