hecatonicosachoron

/hɛkətɔnaɪkoʊsɪˈkoʊɹɔn/

noun

A four-dimensional object analogous to a dodecahedron, constructed out of one hundred and twenty dodecahedra, arranged 4 to a vertex.

Similar
120-celldodecacontachoron
Scrabble 30

Meanings

nounhecatonicosachoron (plural hecatonicosachorons or hecatonicosachora)

plural hecatonicosachorons · plural hecatonicosachora

  1. geometryA four-dimensional object analogous to a dodecahedron, constructed out of one hundred and twenty dodecahedra, arranged 4 to a vertex.

    The pentachoron, hypercube, orthoplex, hecatonicosachoron, and hexacosichoron are analogues of the ordinary Platonic solids.

    2012, Richard Elwes, How to Solve the Da Vinci Code
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    The pentachoron, the hecatonicosachoron, and the hexacosichoron all have dichoral angles which are not divisors of 2π, and consequently, they are not space-filling.

    2011, Jin Akiyama, Ikuro Sato, The element number of the convex regular polytopes, page 271

    The hecatonicosachoron (dodecaplex or 120-cell) and the hexacosichoron (tet- raplex or 600-cell) are also unique polychora, which have no analogs in higher dimensions.

    2012, Andrzej Katunin, Fractals based on regular convex polytopes, page 57

    Synonyms: 120-cell, dodecacontachoron

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA four-dimensional object analogous to a dodecahedron, constructed out of one hundred and twenty dodecahedra, arranged 4 to a vertex.

Similar
120-celldodecacontachoron

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἑκατόν“one hundred”
  2. Englishhecatonicosachoron

From hecaton- (“one hundred”) + icosa- (“twenty”) + -choron (“room”), from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “one hundred”) εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) and χῶρος (khôros, “room”).

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Translations

Esperanto centdudekĉelo
  • centdudekĉelofour-dimensional object
Finnish 120-solu
  • 120-solufour-dimensional object
Japanese 正百二十胞体
  • 正百二十胞体 (seihyakunijūhōtai)four-dimensional object
Polish stodwudziestościan czterowymiarowy
  • stodwudziestościan czterowymiarowyfour-dimensional object
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Chicago

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