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Record 1 2005-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
CONT

The dodecahedron is composed of twelve rhomb-shaped faces. Each face intersects two of the crystallographic axes equally and is parallel to the third.

OBS

The dodecahedron is sometimes called the rhombic dodecahedron to distinguish it from the pentagonal dodecahedron and the regular geometrical dodecahedron.

OBS

Plural: dodecahedra.

Key term(s)
  • dodecahedra
  • rhombic dodecahedra

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
OBS

D'autres formes holoédriques du système cubique sont le «dodécaèdre rhomboïdal», avec douze faces rhomboïdales perpendiculaires aux axes binaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Forma cristalina, consistente en un poliedro de doce caras, derivada del cubo, por truncamiento de las aristas de sus bases.

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