dodecahedron

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A discrete Fourier analysis on the dodecahedron is studied, from which results on a tetrahedron is deduced by invariance.

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  1. noun A polyhedron with 12 faces.

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  • He realized if he took certain geometries, including an equilateral pyramid, a cube, or a dodecahedron, and placed a circular solenoid electromagnet on each face, each pointing with the same pole inward, a suitable electron containment might be achieved. —  AnalogSFF,January-February2008
  • That tiny explosion had not been visible but a second later the expanding Schwarzschild radius is eating its shell, swallowing thirty-six thousand tons of fragile dodecahedron, and growing quickly to gobble several thousand kilometers of space around it. —  Prayers to Broken Stones
  • The symmetries of a rhombic dodecahedron, it turns out, are the same as a cube, even though the two are different shapes. —  Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews
  • A discrete Fourier analysis on the dodecahedron is studied, from which results on a tetrahedron is deduced by invariance. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Make a dodecahedron (or a smaller regular polyhedron, or even a larger geodesic shape) with LEDs along the edges and LEDs and buttons (up / down?) at the vertices. —  HS Blog - Homeschool Blog
 

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  1. Greek dōdekaedron : dōdeka, twelve; see dodecagon + -edron, -hedron.

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  1. = French dodécaèdre, from New Latin dodecahedron, from Greek δώδεκα, twelve, + έδρα, a seat, base.
 

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