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icositetrahedron
[ ahy-koh-si-te-truh-hee-druhn, ahy-kos-uh- ]
noun
plural icositetrahedrons, icositetrahedra
- a solid figure having 24 faces.
icositetrahedron
/ ˌɪəɪˌɛٰəˈːə /
noun
- a solid figure having 24 trapezoid faces, as occurring in some crystals
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Word History and Origins
Origin of icositetrahedron1
1825–35; < Greek eikosi- (combining form of íDz twenty) + tetrahedron
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The resulting protein assembly has the shape of a pentagonal icositetrahedron, which is the dual of the snub cube.
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Here the cube, octahedron, rhombic dodecahedron, triakis-octahedron and icositetrahedron are geometrically the same as in the first class.
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Faces of a pentagonal icositetrahedron with high indices have been very rarely observed on crystals of cuprite, potassium chloride and ammonium chloride, but none of these are circular polarizing.
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