Meaning of duodecagonal | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

“[…]the Luſitanian Cicero (as his countrymen call⟳ him) proceeds to tell⟳ his audience, that “if the Supreme Being was to ſhow himſelf under any geometrical figure⟳, it would certainly be the circular in preference to the triangular, the ſquare, the pentagonal, the duodecagonal, or any other known to the geometricians.”

“[…]the town-house is splendid, it is built on a public square, adorned with a tower and clock, similar to that of Lyons, a high column with a brazen statue of the Blessed Virgin, entirely gilt, a large water reservoir of a duodecagonal figure⟳, and with a statue on a pedestal in the centre;”

“One of the interesting spots on the place⟳ is known as Guy’s Tower, duodecagonal and almost a hundred feet high, pierced by forbidden mullioned windows and loopholes.”

“Every monastery and cathedral had a chapter house. They were nearly always rectangular and were the most important building after the church itself. Thirty centrally planned chapter houses were constructed between 1100 and 1500: although about two thirds were octagonal, there are circular, decagonal and even duodecagonal examples.”

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