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<geometry> A solid having twelve faces.
The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see Pyritohedron) is related to it; the rhombic dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces.
Origin: Gr.; twelve + seat, bottom, base: cf. F. Dodecaedre.
(01 Mar 1998)
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