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Meaning of hecatonicosachoron | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
/hɛkətɔnaɪkoʊsɪˈkoʊɹɔn/

Definitions

A four-dimensional object analogous to a dodecahedron, constructed out of one hundred and twenty dodecahedra, arranged 4 to a vertex.

Equivalents

日本語 正百二十胞体

Examples

“The pentachoron, the hecatonicosachoron, and the hexacosichoron all have dichoral angles which are not divisors of 2π, and consequently, they are not space-filling.”
“The hecatonicosachoron (dodecaplex or 120-cell) and the hexacosichoron (tet- raplex or 600-cell) are also unique polychora, which have no analogs in higher dimensions.”
“The pentachoron, hypercube, orthoplex, hecatonicosachoron, and hexacosichoron are analogues of the ordinary Platonic solids.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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