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正十二面体 (seijuunimentai) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

正せい十じゅう二に面めん体たい

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Meanings

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regular dodecahedron

A polyhedron with twelve regular pentagonal faces; a term used in geometry.

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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The regular dodecahedron is one of the Platonic solids.

Kanji

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

Related words

正せい多た面めん体たい
正多面体 is the broader term for any regular polyhedron, while 正十二面体 specifically refers to the regular dodecahedron.

Built from

正せい+十じゅう二に面めん体たい

Etymology

Compound of 正 (regular), 十二 (twelve), 面 (face), and 体 (body). The term is a direct calque from Western geometry.