dodecahedron

Also known as dodecahedra, dodecahedrons

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Contents

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

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.

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