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  • noun Plural form of dodecahedron.

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Examples

  • "I'm Single," a woozy ode to the forbidden thrills of infidelity, finds him negotiating bizarre love triangles, trapezoids and double-dodecahedrons.

    Really quick spins: Gucci Mane, Lil Boosie, Lil Wayne, Pimp C, Waka Flocka Flame Chris Richards 2010

  • Furthermore, despite the fact the show's love triangles (and occasional dodecahedrons) made up the weakest plot lines, the reality of colleagues accidentally falling into bed with one another (especially after 20-hour shifts) and having to deal with the awkwardness makes even the most cringe-worthy episode of The Office seem like easy viewing.

    10.4 Million 'ER' Fans Can't Be Wrong: A Longtime Fan's Notes on a Beloved Show 2009

  • Biological essentialism treats tapirs and rabbits, pangolins and dromedaries, as though they were triangles, rhombuses, parabolas or dodecahedrons.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Biological essentialism treats tapirs and rabbits, pangolins and dromedaries, as though they were triangles, rhombuses, parabolas or dodecahedrons.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Furthermore, despite the fact the show's love triangles (and occasional dodecahedrons) made up the weakest plot lines, the reality of colleagues accidentally falling into bed with one another (especially after 20-hour shifts) and having to deal with the awkwardness makes even the most cringe-worthy episode of The Office seem like easy viewing.

    10.4 Million 'ER' Fans Can't Be Wrong: A Longtime Fan's Notes on a Beloved Show 2009

  • As a kid, without those kids' books I wouldn't have learned about dodecahedrons or tesseracts.

    The WritingYA Weblog: Things I Learned from Kids' Books a. fortis 2008

  • As a kid, without those kids' books I wouldn't have learned about dodecahedrons or tesseracts.

    Archive 2008-02-01 tanita davis 2008

  • Like his rigid arrangements of photographs of wild Nordic nature, his dodecahedrons and concertina-folded structures that break up sunlight seem to me attempts to contain the forces of nature within the limits of highly sophisticated human reason.

    The Artist as Deep Thinker and Showman 2007

  • Snow fell in squares and spheres, in octahedrons and dodecahedrons.

    Into the Thinking Kingdoms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1999

  • Snow fell in squares and spheres, in octahedrons and dodecahedrons.

    Into the Thinking Kingdoms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1999

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