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十二面体 (じゅうにめんたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

十じゅう二に面めん体たい

じゅ

う

に

め

ん

た

い

Meanings

1

noun

dodecahedron

mathematics

A polyhedron with twelve faces. Used in geometry and mathematics.

正せい十じゅう二に面めん体たいはプラトンの立りっ体たいの一ひとつです。
A regular dodecahedron is one of the Platonic solids.
この模も型けいは十じゅう

二に

面めん

体たい

の

形かたち

を

し

て

いる

。

This model is in the shape of a dodecahedron.

Kanji

十ten
二two, two radical (no. 7)
面mask, face, features
体body, substance, object

Similar words

正せい十じゅう二に面めん体たい
Specifically a regular dodecahedron, where all faces are congruent regular pentagons.
多た面めん体たい
General term for polyhedron; 十二面体 is a specific type with twelve faces.

Etymology

From 十二 (twelve) + 面 (face) + 体 (body), a straightforward compound describing a twelve-faced solid.