icosasphere

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noun

A geometric figure with twenty or more triangular faces producing a semi-spherical solid.

OriginEnglish sphere ← Middle English spere ← Old French sphere →
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Meanings

nounicosasphere (plural icosaspheres)

plural icosaspheres

  1. geometryA geometric figure with twenty or more triangular faces producing a semi-spherical solid.

Origin

  1. Englishicosa-
  2. Ancient Greekσφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)
  3. Latinsphaera
  4. Late Latinsphēra
  5. Old Frenchsphere
  6. Middle Englishspere
  7. Englishsphere
  8. Englishicosasphere

From icosa- (“twenty”) + sphere.

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APA

icosasphere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icosasphere

MLA

“icosasphere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icosasphere. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “icosasphere,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icosasphere.

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