Meanings
noun
- obsoleteObsolete form of icosahedron.
[…] That there are Five regular Bodies in Geometry, neither more nor less, viz., the Cube, the Tetraedrum, the Octaedrum, the Dodecaedrum and the Eicosaedrum […]
1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Appendix, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 5189
Origin
From εἴκοσι (eíkosi) (twenty) + ἕδρα (hédra) (seat, base).
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eicosaedrum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eicosaedrum
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Chicago
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