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icosahedral group [ī‚käs·ə¦hē·drəl ′grüp]

(mathematics)

The group of motions of three-dimensional space that transform a regular icosahedron into itself.

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No references found			Using mathematical arguments and evidence for icosahedral symmetry in X-ray analyses of various viruses, Caspar and Klug proposed that those viruses referred to as spherical viruses--because under microscopes look like balls--actually have icosahedral symmetry. Armor-plated puzzle: deciphering the code of viral geometry by Weiss, Peter Ulrich / Science News It had long been known that icosahedral symmetry is not allowed for a periodic object (2). Quasicrystals by Cahn, John W. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology The icosahedral symmetry of the phase was demonstrated by carefully constructing a reciprocal lattice using a series of selected area electron diffraction. Electron diffraction using transmission electron microscopy by Gayle, Frank W. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology			ICML ICMP ICMP Router Discovery Protocol ICNI Icolmkill iCOMP Icon Icon Basilike Icon Cover Icon Painting icon-based interface Icon-Based Parser Generation System 2 iconic imagery Iconicode Iconium ICONIX Software Engineering, Inc. iConnect iconocenter Iconoclasm Iconoclastic Uprising of 1566 Iconography iconometer Iconoscope Iconostasis icosahedral group Icosahedral symmetry icosahedral virus icosahedron icositetrahedron Icosteidae icotype ICP ICP-AES ICQ ICR ICRA ICS ICS system ICSH ICSI ICT icteric Icteridae icteroanemia icterogenic icterohematuria icterohemorrhagic fever icterus icterus gravis icterus gravis neonatorum icterus index			ICOPE ICOPS ICOPVS ICoQ ICOQM Icor ICORC ICORD Icore ICOREC ICORG ICORIA ICORP ICorr ICORS ICORT ICOS Icosa ICOSAC icosahedra icosahedra icosahedral icosahedral icosahedral Icosahedral capsid Icosahedral capsid Icosahedral capsid Icosahedral group Icosahedral Permuted Comparison of Relative Shape Similarity Icosahedral symmetry icosahedral virus icosahedron icosahedron icosahedron icosahedrons icosahedrons ICOSAHOM ICOSAMP Icosandria Icosandrian Icosane Icosanoic acid Icosanoic acid Icosanoid Icosanoid Icosanoid Icosasphere Icosasphere ICOSC ICOSE ICOSF ICOSH ICOSI Icosimonogon Icosimonogon ICOSIT Icositetrahedron Icositetrahedron ICOSLA ICOSMO

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icosahedral group (redirected from Icosahedral symmetry)

icosahedral group
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