How do you pronounce icositetrachoron?

The recorded pronunciation is /aɪkoʊsɪtɛtɹəˈkoʊɹɔn/.

icositetrachoron

/aɪkoʊsɪtɛtɹəˈkoʊɹɔn/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: icosite-tra-choron
IPA: /aɪkoʊsɪtɛtɹəˈkoʊɹɔn/

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Meaning

noun

A four-dimensional object with no regular three-dimensional analogue, constructed out of twenty-four octahedra.

Example Sentences

"There are six convex regular 4-polytopes; five of these are the higher dimensional analogs of the Platonic solids, and one additional figure, the icositetrachoron, has no three-dimensional equivalent."
"The icositetrachoron (hyperdiamond, octaplex or 24-cell) is the most unique polychoron, because it has no direct analog in any other dimension."
"Shape of Nature comes from a unique, optimally symmetric geometric object: the sixth platonic element, the icositetrachoron (or 24-cell regular polytope), crystallized as a hyperdiamond network, mathematically and physically made of loops and connections."

Etymology

From icosi- (“twenty”) + tetra- (“four”) + -choron (“room”), from Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) τέτταρες (téttares, “four”) and χῶρος (khôros, “room”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: icosi-
Suffix: tetra-

Inflected Forms

icositetrachorons (plural) icositetrachora (plural)

Synonyms

24-cell