Etymology

icositetrachoron

Today it means: A four-dimensional object with no regular three-dimensional analogue, constructed out of twenty-four octahedra. Full definition →

Ancient Greek εἴκοσι
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromεἴκοσι“twenty”
  2. English todayicositetrachoron

From icosi- (“twenty”) + tetra- (“four”) + -choron (“room”), from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) τέτταρες (téttares, “four”) and χῶρος (khôros, “room”).

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