Dodecahedron

Definitions

A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.

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“1707, Thomas Blount, Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, A Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words, D. Brown, heading DO–DO, Dodecahedron, (Gr.) in Geometry, is a solid Figure⟳ of 12 Sides or Faces that are regular Pentagons, it is one of the Platonick or Regular Bodies.”

“It took me two years, but by the time I was 12 I could imagine⟳ the fifth four-dimensional polytope, which is made up of 120 dodecahedrons.”

“There is no uniformity in the size or shape⟳ of the dodecahedra found so far, nor in their metal composition or even in the level of craftsmanship. If they were important objects, we would expect⟳ to also discover⟳ contextual evidence in the archaeological record⟳, such as depictions in paintings or mosaics.”

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