The icosahedron is another of the five regular, or Platonic, bodies having all their sides, angles, and planes similar and equal. From Wordnik.com. [Amusements in Mathematics] Reference
George Hart has nice pictures including an icosahedron as well. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodecahedra] Reference
The cube was the symbol of earth and the icosahedron the symbol of water. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996] Reference
At the largest level level 0 there are the 20 triangles of an icosahedron. From Wordnik.com. [A Second Look at USHCN Classification #2 « Climate Audit] Reference
Within the Earth's orbit inscribe an icosahedron; the sphere inscribed in it will be Venus's orbit. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
John V, if 20 triangles makes an icosahedron what do we call a figure made up with 81920 triangles. From Wordnik.com. [A Second Look at USHCN Classification #2 « Climate Audit] Reference
Fire has the form of a tetrahedron, air of an octahe - dron, water of an icosahedron, and earth of a cube. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Similarly, an icosahedron may be constructed inside the octahedron, at the concentric heart of the entire ensemble. From Wordnik.com. [Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro] Reference
I've rolled the icosahedron and painted a few miniatures myself so it only raises my charisma to be accepted by that culture. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
The viral capsid is an icosahedron with 12 antenna-like fiber projections that function to attach the virus to the cell surface during infection. From Wordnik.com. [Genes in pieces] Reference
He went on to describe four of the five regular polyhedrons - the tetrahedron (fire), the cube (earth), the octahedron (air) and the icosahedron (water). From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996 - Presentation Speech] Reference
It was suggested that C60 could be a "truncated icosahedron cage", a polyhedron with 20 hexagonal (6-angled) surfaces and 12 pentagonal (5-angled) surfaces. From Wordnik.com. [Press Release: The 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry] Reference
C60 cluster could have the structure of a truncated (cut off) icosahedron (Fig. 2) since its great stability was assumed to correspond to a closed shell with. From Wordnik.com. [Press Release: The 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry] Reference
Or geometrically, the 35th stellation of the icosahedron. From Wordnik.com. [Tron Legacy Viral Back in Action - Flynn Lives Zero Hour Site « FirstShowing.net] Reference
Like an icosahedron, the mimivirus capsid also has 20 facets. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
I've got a icosahedron that came up heads 14 time out of 20 times. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy] Reference
Joann @28: Apparently the icosahedron was perfectly fine for the plebes. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: The tastemakers of tomorrow] Reference
An icosahedron has a roughly spherical shape containing 20 triangular facets and 60 identical subunits. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
Book X classifies many types of irrationals-magnitudes incommensurable with given magnitudes. icosahedron. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Two of these generate the cube and the octahedron; five of these generate the dodecahedron and the icosahedron. From Wordnik.com. [Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements] Reference
In this case the model scales equally along the diagonals of the containing cube (maximum at the icosahedron stage). From Wordnik.com. [iMechanica - Comments] Reference
In other words, the atoms are in positions that correspond to the vertices of the 20-sided solid called an icosahedron. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME Vi Hart looking through an icosahedron made from six balloons which is computationally optimal. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
You can't reject the null hypothesis at P and I give you two to one odds: I bet the icosahedron will come up "heads" next roll. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy] Reference
The unique shape of the Easy Dome, called an icosahedron, is designed to optimize the amount of interior space inside each home. From Wordnik.com. [INHABITAT] Reference
Use this kit, and 30 standard sized hexagonal (colour) pencils, to create an icosahedron shaped object of about 38 cm in diameter. From Wordnik.com. [DESIGNSPOTTER] Reference
Page view page image: the cube, the pyramid and the sphere; the tetrahedron, the octahedron, the icosahedron and the dodecahedron. From Wordnik.com. [A History of New York] Reference
The third solid is a regular icosahedron, having twenty triangular equilateral bases, and therefore 120 rectangular scalene triangles. From Wordnik.com. [Timaeus] Reference
1 This form is technically known as an "icosahedron.". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Sun-Dials] Reference
One option I’m looking at is sub-dividing the faces of an icosahedron into roughly equilateral triangles. From Wordnik.com. [A Second Look at USHCN Classification « Climate Audit] Reference
We’ve got a whole crew of Doom Writers heading down for the weekend to cover the events from as many angles as a icosahedron. From Wordnik.com. [It’s Time For NYCC: New York Comic Con 2009 Begins and Geeks of Doom is There!] Reference
The twenty triangular faces of an icosahedron form the faces or sides of two regular octahedrons and of a regular pyramid (20 = 8 x. From Wordnik.com. [Timaeus] Reference
Its dual polyhedron is the icosahedron. From Wordnik.com. [Dodecahedron Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models] Reference
But he would have loved an icosahedron. From Wordnik.com. [dustbury.com » Difficulty class, indeed] Reference
Okay, you try crocheting an icosahedron. From Wordnik.com. [dustbury.com » Difficulty class, indeed] Reference
| Reply http://icosahedron. myminicity.com/visit my little shire. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Check out the city of ExtraLife] Reference
3) How many equal sides does an icosahedron have?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
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