dodecahedron
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15 sectionsContents
- Regular dodecahedron
- Other pentagonal dodecahedra
- Pyritohedron
- Crystal pyrite
- Cartesian coordinates
- Geometric freedom
- Tetartoid
- Cartesian coordinates
- Geometric freedom
- Rhombic dodecahedron
- Other dodecahedra
- Practical usage
- Notes
- References
- External links
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In geometry, a dodecahedron or duodecahedron is any polyhedron with twelve flat faces. The most familiar dodecahedron is the regular dodecahedron with regular pentagons as faces, which is a Platonic solid. There are also three regular star dodecahedra, which are constructed as stellations of the convex form. All of these have icosahedral symmetry, order 120.