Do-dē'ca-hē'dron, n.

noun

n. [Fr. dodécaèdre, from Gr. δώδεκα, twelve, and ἕδρα, seat, bottom, base.] (Geom.) A regular solid contained under twelve equal and regular pentagons; a solid having twelve equal faces.

Three shaded geometric solids are shown: a hollow polygonal prism, a notched block, and a diamond-shaped solid.