'Dodecahedron' definitions:
Definition of 'dodecahedron'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any polyhedron having twelve plane faces
Definition of 'Dodecahedron'
From: GCIDE
- Dodecahedron \Do*dec`a*he"dron\, n. [Gr. ?; ? twelve + ? seat, bottom, base: cf. F. dod['e]ca[`e]dre.] (Geom. & Crystallog.) A solid having twelve faces. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see Pyritohedron) is related to it; the rhombic dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces. [1913 Webster]