noun
- plural of dodecahedron; three-dimensional geometric shapes with twelve flat faces
Usage: geometry; mathematics
Examples
- The students constructed paper dodecahedrons for their geometry project.
- Regular dodecahedrons have pentagonal faces that are all identical.
- The museum’s math exhibit featured several large dodecahedrons made of metal.
- In crystallography, some minerals naturally form dodecahedrons.
- The teacher explained how dodecahedrons are one of the five Platonic solids.
- Artists often use dodecahedrons in sculptures because of their symmetrical beauty.