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十二面体 (juunimentai) Japanese meaning: dodecahedron | Kotomora

十じゅう二に面めん体たい

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Meanings

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dodecahedron

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

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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

Related 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.

Word family

正せい十じゅう二に面めん体たい
regular dodecahedron
菱りょう形けい十じゅう二に面めん体たい
rhombic dodecahedron

Etymology

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