snub dodecahedron
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A polyhedron that has 12 pentagonal and 80 triangular faces and is an Archimedean solid.
Example Sentences
- "This gives two points, A’, A₁’, which are projections of vertices of the two enantiomorphous snub dodecahedra that can be inscribed in the regular dodecahedron."
- "The form can be derived by triangulating the pentagonal faces of the snub dodecahedron (Fig. 19)."
- "In the case of the latter, two chiral members, the snub cube and the snub dodecahedron, are realized."
- "The snub dodecahedron has 60 vertices, 150 edges and 92 faces of which 12 are pentagonal and 80 triangular. This polyhedron has I symmetry and can therefore be constructed in left- and right-handed forms."
- "The result is a structure of two nested snub cubes rotated by an angle of 45° against each other (n = 24) and two nested snub dodecahedra, where the rotation angle amounts to 36° (n = 60)."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
snub dodecahedra (plural)
snub dodecahedrons (plural)
Phrases
dextro snub dodecahedron
laevo snub dodecahedron
Synonyms
snub icosidodecahedron