rhombicdodecahedron

A form of rhombic dodecahedron — A convex polyhedron that has 12 congruent rhombic faces, 24 edges and 14 vertices of two types (eight 3-edge and six 4-edge) and is a Catalan solid.

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nounrhombicdodecahedron (plural rhombicdodecahedra or rhombicdodecahedrons)

plural rhombicdodecahedra · plural rhombicdodecahedrons

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rhombic dodecahedron.

    Rhombicdodecahedra are less often obtained.

    1900, Journal of Applied Microscopy and Laboratory Methods, page 1078
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    The minerals comprise gold, black titaniferous and magnetic iron sand, sapphire, topaz, zircon, stream tin, and brown garnets crystallised in minute rhombicdodecahedrons with edges either entire or truncated.

    1867, Transactions of the Royal Society of New South Wales, page 11

    Describe the appearance of the regular rhombicdodecahedron when modified by the planes of (a) (211), (b) (311).

    1896 May, University of Manitoba: Examinations

    Rhombicdodecahedron a. Start by folding a level three pentagon in the circle, fold to pentagon shape.

    1999, Bradford Hansen-Smith, The Geometry of Wholemovement: Folding the Circle for Information, page 200
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