"rhombic dodecahedron" meaning in English

See rhombic dodecahedron in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: rhombic dodecahedra [plural], rhombic dodecahedrons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|rhombic dodecahedra|s}} rhombic dodecahedron (plural rhombic dodecahedra or rhombic dodecahedrons)
  1. (geometry) 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. Wikipedia link: rhombic dodecahedron Categories (topical): Geometry, Polyhedra Synonyms: rhombicdodecahedron Translations (polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces): 斜方十二面体 (Chinese Mandarin), rombidodekaedri (Finnish), dodecaedro rombico [masculine] (Italian), rombododecaedro [masculine] (Italian), dwunastościan rombowy (Polish), ромбододека́эдр (rombododekáedr) [masculine] (Russian), rombododecaedro [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for rhombic dodecahedron meaning in English (4.1kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rhombic dodecahedra",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rhombic dodecahedrons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rhombic dodecahedra",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "rhombic dodecahedron (plural rhombic dodecahedra or rhombic dodecahedrons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Geometry",
          "orig": "en:Geometry",
          "parents": [
            "Mathematics",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Polyhedra",
          "orig": "en:Polyhedra",
          "parents": [
            "Shapes",
            "Geometry",
            "Mathematics",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990, [1978], Peter Pearce, Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design, page 5",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Scott Eastham, American Dreamer: Bucky Fuller and the Sacred Geometry of Nature, page 160",
          "text": "Crystallographers are familiar with the rhombic dodecahedron as a domain of reference with which to account for the growth and structure of natural crystals.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, L. Dennis, Brender McNair, N. J. Woolf, L. H. Kauffman, “6: The Mereon 120/80 — Form Informing Function”, in Lynnclaire Dennis, Jytte Brender McNair, Louis H. Kauffman, editors, The Mereon Matrix: Unity, Perspective and Paradox, page 135",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-rhombic_dodecahedron-en-noun-9CUQg-xj",
      "links": [
        [
          "geometry",
          "geometry"
        ],
        [
          "polyhedron",
          "polyhedron"
        ],
        [
          "congruent",
          "congruent"
        ],
        [
          "rhombic",
          "rhombic"
        ],
        [
          "Catalan solid",
          "Catalan solid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geometry) 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."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rhombicdodecahedron"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geometry",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
          "word": "斜方十二面体"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
          "word": "rombidodekaedri"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dodecaedro rombico"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rombododecaedro"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
          "word": "dwunastościan rombowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rombododekáedr",
          "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ромбододека́эдр"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rombododecaedro"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "rhombic dodecahedron"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rhombic dodecahedron"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rhombic dodecahedra",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rhombic dodecahedrons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rhombic dodecahedra",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "rhombic dodecahedron (plural rhombic dodecahedra or rhombic dodecahedrons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Geometry",
        "en:Polyhedra"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990, [1978], Peter Pearce, Structure in Nature Is a Strategy for Design, page 5",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Scott Eastham, American Dreamer: Bucky Fuller and the Sacred Geometry of Nature, page 160",
          "text": "Crystallographers are familiar with the rhombic dodecahedron as a domain of reference with which to account for the growth and structure of natural crystals.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, L. Dennis, Brender McNair, N. J. Woolf, L. H. Kauffman, “6: The Mereon 120/80 — Form Informing Function”, in Lynnclaire Dennis, Jytte Brender McNair, Louis H. Kauffman, editors, The Mereon Matrix: Unity, Perspective and Paradox, page 135",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geometry",
          "geometry"
        ],
        [
          "polyhedron",
          "polyhedron"
        ],
        [
          "congruent",
          "congruent"
        ],
        [
          "rhombic",
          "rhombic"
        ],
        [
          "Catalan solid",
          "Catalan solid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geometry) 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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geometry",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "rhombic dodecahedron"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "rhombicdodecahedron"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
      "word": "斜方十二面体"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
      "word": "rombidodekaedri"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dodecaedro rombico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rombododecaedro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
      "word": "dwunastościan rombowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rombododekáedr",
      "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ромбододека́эдр"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rombododecaedro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rhombic dodecahedron"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e268c0e and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.