icositetrahedron

[ ahy-koh-si-te-truh-hee-druh n, ahy-kos-uh- ]
/ aɪˌkoʊ sɪˌtɛ trəˈhi drən, aɪˌkɒs ə- /

noun, plural i·co·si·tet·ra·he·drons, i·co·si·tet·ra·he·dra [ahy-koh-si-te-truh-hee-druh, ahy-kos-uh-] /aɪˌkoʊ sɪˌtɛ trəˈhi drə, aɪˌkɒs ə-/.

a solid figure having 24 faces.

Origin of icositetrahedron

1825–35; < Greek eikosi- (combining form of eíkosi twenty) + tetrahedron

Words nearby icositetrahedron

British Dictionary definitions for icositetrahedron

icositetrahedron
/ (ˌaɪkəsɪˌtɛtrəˈhiːdrən) /

noun plural -drons or -dra (-drə)

a solid figure having 24 trapezoid faces, as occurring in some crystals