dodecagon

do·dec·a·gon

(dō-dĕk′ə-gŏn′)

A polygon with 12 sides and 12 angles.

[Greek dōdekagōnon : dōdeka, twelve (duo, two; see dwo- in Indo-European roots + deka, ten; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots) + -gōnon, -gon.]

do′de·cag′o·nal (dō′dĕ-kăg′ə-nəl) adj.

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dodecagon

(dəʊˈdɛkəˌɡɒn)

a polygon having twelve sides

dodecagonal adj

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do•dec•a•gon

(doʊˈdɛk əˌgɒn, -gən)

n.

a polygon having 12 angles and 12 sides.

[1650–60]

do`de•cag′o•nal (-ˈkæg ə nl) adj.

do·dec·a·gon

(dō-dĕk′ə-gŏn′)

A polygon having 12 sides.

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Noun

dodecagon - a twelve-sided polygon

polygon, polygonal shape - a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides

Translations

dodécagone

dodecágono

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A month or two found even the Dodecagons infected with the innovation.

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The dodecagon coin is replacing the current 'round pound', which was introduced more than 34 years ago and ceases to be legal tender in three months.

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He and two students tested the idea by lashing three wooden dowels to four sides of 30-kilogram limestone or concrete blocks, turning each block's square cross section into a dodecagon.

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As well as its distinctive shape - making it a dodecagon - the new PS1 coin will have a "bimetallic" design, which means it has two colours, silver and gold.

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The new dodecagon design - dubbed a Gideon at Westminster after Mr Osborne's real name - is modelled on the old three-penny piece, or thrupenny bit.

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Design method for creating an Islamic window with spinning motif (Critchlow 1999: 72) Note: the little slanted square of this window produces four symmetrical trapezoidal spaces, but that only happens when that square has been drawn on the diagonals of a dodecagon. As we can note, for understanding a shape we require a voluntary and non--immediate analysis of the parts and their relations.

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The s Block Dodecagon Higgs composed of 3 pairs or 6 Photons.

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ANSWERS: 1 Goats; 2 ThrustSSC; 3 Dodecagon; 4 Sheppey; 5 Nell Gwynn; 6 Henry Fielding; 7 Rome; 8 Rowing; 9 The Pickwick Papers; 10 Carla Bruni.

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