Etymology

snub dodecahedron

Today it means: A polyhedron that has 12 pentagonal and 80 triangular faces and is an Archimedean solid. Full definition →

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From dodecahedron simum, Kepler's name for this solid in is 1619 work Harmonices Mundi.

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