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English
Noun
dodecaedron
- Alternative spelling of dodecahedron
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δωδεκάεδρον (dōdekáedron).
Pronunciation
Noun
dodecaēdron n (genitive dodecaēdrī); second declension
- dodecahedron
1611, Johannes Kepler, Strena seu De Niva Sexangula, page 23:Vidi enim Dresdae in aede Regia cui Stabulo nomen, exornatum abacum aere argentoso, ex quo quasi efflorescebat dodecaedron avellanae parvae magnitudine, dimidia parte extans.- Indeed I saw in the Royal Palace in Dresden, called Stabulo, a wall panel equipped with silver ore, from which was blooming a dodecahedron with the size of a small hazelnut, projecting halfway.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).