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dodecahedron
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dodecahedron: see polyhedron polyhedron (pŏl'ēhē`drən), closed solid bounded by plane faces; each face of a polyhedron is a polygon .
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Regular icosahedra and dodecahedra are special forms of both icosahedral point groups, 235 and m35.
Instead, one must try to imagine the effect of filling the space with a latticework of dodecahedra, each having 12 pentagonal faces (see cover).
Promising also is the dominance of octahedra above dodecahedra diamond forms, pointing to little resorption.
 
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