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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”) + καί (kaí, “and”) + δέκᾰ (déka, “ten”) + -hedron.
Noun
pentakaidecahedron (plural pentakaidecahedra or pentakaidecahedrons)
- Synonym of pentadecahedron
1935, R P Wodehouse, “Angiospermae”, in Pollen Grains: Their structure, identification and significance in science and medicine, New York, N.Y., London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., part II (Classification), section “Dicotyledons”, subsection “Compositae”, subsubsection “Cichorieae”, page 481:The lacunar pattern of this grain therefore includes six tetragonal and nine hexagonal faces. Relating this to polyhedrons, we find that no pentakaidecahedron with such a combination of faces can exist (see page 199).
1963, Lee Leiserson, William H. McCoy, “Branch of Inorganic Chemistry”, in Saline Water Conversion Report for 1963, Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior, page 4, column 1:The host structure is similar to that of the (n–C4H9)4 N+C6H5COOH-·39.5 H2O consisting of a tetragonal body-centered arrangement of groups of five face-sharing pentagonal dodecahedra interlinked by tetrakaidecahedra and pentakaidecahedra.