"snub disphenoid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snub disphenoids [plural]
Etymology: So named in 1966 by mathematician Norman Johnson in his classification of the Johnson solids. See also Snub disphenoid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Etymology templates: {{pedia|Snub disphenoid#History and naming}} Snub disphenoid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Head templates: {{en-noun}} snub disphenoid (plural snub disphenoids)
  1. A non-regular convex polyhedron that has 12 equilateral triangles as faces and 18 edges and is a Johnson solid. Wikipedia link: Norman Johnson (mathematician), snub disphenoid Categories (topical): Polyhedra Synonyms (polyhedron with 12 equilaterally triangular faces): Siamese dodecahedron, dodecadeltahedron Hypernyms: deltahedron (english: polyhedron with faces that are all equilateral triangles), dodecahedron (english: polyhedron with twelve faces)

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