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icosahedron /ˌʌɪkɒsəˈhiːdr(ə)n , ʌɪˌkɒsəˈhiːdr(ə)n /
noun
(plural icosahedra /ˌʌɪkɒsəˈhiːdrə/)
(plural or icosahedrons)
a solid figure with twenty plane faces, especially equilateral triangular ones.
– DERIVATIVES
icosahedral adjective
– ORIGIN late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek eikosaedron, neuter (used as a noun) of eikosaedros twenty-faced.