n. [ Gr. &unr_; twelve + &unr_; angle: cf. F. dodécagone. ] (Geom.) A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; twelve + &unr_; seat, bottom, base: cf. F. dodécaèdre. ] (Geom. & Crystallog.) A solid having twelve faces. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see Pyritohedron) is related to it; the rhombic dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; twelve + &unr_;, &unr_;, man, male. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.
a. [ Gr. &unr_; twelve + &unr_; column: cf. F. dodécastyle. ] (Arch.) Having twelve columns in front. -- n. A dodecastyle portico, or building. [ 1913 Webster ]
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