hecatonicosachoron

/hɛkətɔnaɪkoʊsɪˈkoʊɹɔn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: heca-ton-i-cosa-choron
IPA: /hɛkətɔnaɪkoʊsɪˈkoʊɹɔn/

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Meaning

noun

A four-dimensional object analogous to a dodecahedron, constructed out of one hundred and twenty dodecahedra, arranged 4 to a vertex.

Example Sentences

"The pentachoron, the hecatonicosachoron, and the hexacosichoron all have dichoral angles which are not divisors of 2π, and consequently, they are not space-filling."
"The hecatonicosachoron (dodecaplex or 120-cell) and the hexacosichoron (tet- raplex or 600-cell) are also unique polychora, which have no analogs in higher dimensions."
"The pentachoron, hypercube, orthoplex, hecatonicosachoron, and hexacosichoron are analogues of the ordinary Platonic solids."

Etymology

From hecaton- (“one hundred”) + icosa- (“twenty”) + -choron (“room”), from Ancient Greek ἑκατόν (hekatón, “one hundred”) εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) and χῶρος (khôros, “room”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hecaton, icosa
Suffix: choron

Inflected Forms

hecatonicosachorons (plural) hecatonicosachora (plural)

Synonyms

120-cell dodecacontachoron

Questions

How do you pronounce hecatonicosachoron?

The recorded pronunciation is /hɛkətɔnaɪkoʊsɪˈkoʊɹɔn/.

What does hecatonicosachoron mean?

A four-dimensional object analogous to a dodecahedron, constructed out of one hundred and twenty dodecahedra, arranged 4 to a vertex.

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