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icositetrahedron

[ ahy-koh-si-te-truh-hee-druhn, ahy-kos-uh- ]
/ aɪˌkoʊ sɪˌtɛ trəˈhi drən, aɪˌkɒs ə- /
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noun, plural i·co·si·tet·ra·he·drons, i·co·si·tet·ra·he·dra [ahy-koh-si-te-truh-hee-druh, ahy-kos-uh-]. /aɪˌkoʊ sɪˌtɛ trəˈhi drə, aɪˌkɒs ə-/.
a solid figure having 24 faces.
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Origin of icositetrahedron

1825–35; <Greek eikosi- (combining form of eíkosi twenty) + tetrahedron

Words nearby icositetrahedron

iconomatic, iconophile, iconoscope, iconostasis, icosahedron, icositetrahedron, ICQ, ICS, ICSH, ICSI, ICT
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British Dictionary definitions for icositetrahedron

icositetrahedron
/ (ˌaɪkəsɪˌtɛtrəˈhiːdrən) /
noun plural -drons or -dra (-drə)
a solid figure having 24 trapezoid faces, as occurring in some crystals
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