rhombicdodecahedron

English

Noun

rhombicdodecahedron (plural rhombicdodecahedra or rhombicdodecahedrons)

1. Alternative form of rhombic dodecahedron
   • 1867, Transactions of the Royal Society of New South Wales, page 11:

     The minerals comprise gold, black titaniferous and magnetic iron sand, sapphire, topaz, zircon, stream tin, and brown garnets crystallised in minute rhombicdodecahedrons with edges either entire or truncated.

   • 1896 May, University of Manitoba: Examinations:

     Describe the appearance of the regular rhombicdodecahedron when modified by the planes of (a) (211), (b) (311).

   • 1900, Journal of Applied Microscopy and Laboratory Methods, page 1078:

     Rhombicdodecahedra are less often obtained.

   • 1999, Bradford Hansen-Smith, The Geometry of Wholemovement: Folding the Circle for Information, page 200:

     Rhombicdodecahedron a. Start by folding a level three pentagon in the circle, fold to pentagon shape.