icosahedron

[ ahy-koh-suh-hee-druh n, ahy-kos-uh- ]
/ aɪˌkoʊ səˈhi drən, aɪˌkɒs ə- /

noun, plural i·co·sa·he·drons, i·co·sa·he·dra [ahy-koh-suh-hee-druh, ahy-kos-uh-] /aɪˌkoʊ səˈhi drə, aɪˌkɒs ə-/.

a solid figure having 20 faces.

Origin of icosahedron

1560–70; < Greek eikosáedron, equivalent to eikosa- (variant of eikosi-, combining form of eíkosi twenty) + -edron -hedron

OTHER WORDS FROM icosahedron

i·co·sa·he·dral, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for icosahedron

icosahedron
/ (ˌaɪkəsəˈhiːdrən) /

noun plural -drons or -dra (-drə)

a solid figure having 20 faces. The faces of a regular icosahedron are equilateral triangles

Derived forms of icosahedron

icosahedral, adjective

Word Origin for icosahedron

C16: from Greek eikosaedron, from eikosi twenty + -edron -hedron

Scientific definitions for icosahedron

icosahedron
[ ī-kō′sə-hēdrən ]

Plural icosahedrons icosahedra

A polyhedron having twenty faces.

Other words from icosahedron

icosahedral adjective