Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhombic dodecahedron

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: rhom-bic -do-dec-a-he-dron
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A convex polyhedron that has 12 congruent rhombic faces, 24 edges and 14 vertices of two types (eight 3-edge and six 4-edge) and is a Catalan solid.

Example Sentences

"Doing this we would find that the network which is dual to the space filling array of rhombic dodecahedra is the space filling array of tetrahedra and octahedra in which 12 edges meet at the vertices which fall at the centers of the original rhombic dodecahedra."
"Crystallographers are familiar with the rhombic dodecahedron as a domain of reference with which to account for the growth and structure of natural crystals."
"Rhombic Dodecahedrons appear as well in the unit cells of diamonds, four vertices absent with the chemical bonds on the remaining edges. The Rhombic Dodecahedron can be used to tessellate 3D space in a manner similar to the Cube."

Inflected Forms

rhombic dodecahedra (plural) rhombic dodecahedrons (plural) rhombicdodecahedron (alternative)

Questions

What does rhombic dodecahedron mean?: A convex polyhedron that has 12 congruent rhombic faces, 24 edges and 14 vertices of two types (eight 3-edge and six 4-edge) and is a Catalan solid.

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