Q: Geometric name for d20?
Brian Trosko
: I know the names for all the others, but what's the name for 20 sided
: die? In case you think it's a dodecahedron, that is a d12 (sounded
: like a 20 to me though) If anyone knows, could you Email me asap? I
: need it for a school assignment due tomarrow. Thanks :)
: qbert
Icosahedron, I believe. At least, that's what it said in my 10th grade
geometry text. But that was a long time ago, and they may have changed it.
Brian "It's one of those Euclidian polywhatsits" Trosko
Qbert
I know the names for all the others, but what's the name for 20 sided
die? In case you think it's a dodecahedron, that is a d12 (sounded
like a 20 to me though) If anyone knows, could you Email me asap? I
need it for a school assignment due tomarrow. Thanks :)
qbert
Dru A Smith
For all interested:
d4 = Tetrahedron
d6 = Hexahedron (cube)
d8 = Octahedron
d10 = Not a regular polyhedron, not sure if this has a name
d12 = Dodecahedron
d20 = *ICOSAHEDRON*
d30 = Not a regular polyhedron
d100 = Not a regular polyhedron
Dru Smith
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Menno Deij
Qbert <qb...@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
>
>I know the names for all the others, but what's the name for 20 sided
>die? In case you think it's a dodecahedron, that is a d12 (sounded
>like a 20 to me though) If anyone knows, could you Email me asap? I
>need it for a school assignment due tomarrow. Thanks :)
>qbert
>(qb...@telerama.lm.com)
>
In Holland we call the d20 a icosa der, so in US it must be something like
icosahedron.
Hope to help ye out!
Greetings,
Menno.
Christopher Wooff
I wouldn't call the polyhedra "Euclidean polywhatsits"; maybe the term
you're looking for is "Platonic solids".
Chris Wooff
Jeff S Rogers grdstu
Brian Trosko <btr...@primenet.com> wrote:
>Qbert (qb...@telerama.lm.com) wrote:
>
>: I know the names for all the others, but what's the name for 20 sided
>: die? In case you think it's a dodecahedron, that is a d12 (sounded
>: like a 20 to me though) If anyone knows, could you Email me asap? I
>: need it for a school assignment due tomarrow. Thanks :)
>: qbert
>
>
>Icosahedron, I believe. At least, that's what it said in my 10th grade
>geometry text. But that was a long time ago, and they may have changed it.
>
>
prevalent among the adenoviruses (which causes a host of diseases
e.g. conjunctivities/Pink eye, rhinitis and sometimes are tumorigenic)
Look up a Virology text and check out EM pictures of Adenoviruses, some
have spikes coming out of their points and look like a Sputnik... :)
Just FYI....
-Jeff
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: Yes, 20 sided polygons are calle "Icosahedrons". The shape is
: e.g. conjunctivities/Pink eye, rhinitis and sometimes are tumorigenic)
: Look up a Virology text and check out EM pictures of Adenoviruses, some
: have spikes coming out of their points and look like a Sputnik... :)
ICK! I guess that's the last time I curse a d20... it might jump into
my eye and give me a very nasty spelled disease. ;)
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Cody Kosinski
It's called the Isosagon. You were close though.. Later.
Aragorn
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Vince Hickey
Dru A Smith
Vince Hickey <Vince_...@kingcrab.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
>
>d10 = decahedron
I was gonna say this, but held my tongue, thinking that only the
Platonic Solids had the <prefix>-hedron names... sheesh, was I wrong!
Anyway, thanks for the reminder :)
Jeff Kesselman
Dodecahedron.
I knew Latin would come in handy someday :)
JK
Jeff Kesselman
I don't beliebve I just did that, but it escaped before I could cancel.
ICOSAhedron.
So much for my latin. Its late and your reference above stuck in my mind
too well!
:: oops::
JK
Chris Bourne
jef...@netcom.com "Jeff Kesselman" writes:
> In article <3l455k$m...@asia.lm.com>, qb...@telerama.lm.com (Qbert) wrote:
>
> Dodecahedron.
>
> I knew Latin would come in handy someday :)
>
> JK
>
Except it's from the Greek... :)
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Stephan Baitz
>
> d4 = Tetrahedron
> d6 = Hexahedron (cube)
> d8 = Octahedron
> d10 = Not a regular polyhedron, not sure if this has a name
the d10 is a pentagonal scalenohedron (sp??, can't find it in my dictionary 8-[ )
("pentagonales Skalenoeder" in German)
> d12 = Dodecahedron
> d20 = *ICOSAHEDRON*
> d30 = Not a regular polyhedron
I think this one is called _triacontahedron_
[...]
Stephan Baitz
Roger van Velzen
Ben Hodson <hod...@prl.philips.co.uk> wrote:
>Qbert (qb...@telerama.lm.com) wrote:
>
>: I know the names for all the others, but what's the name for 20 sided
>: die? In case you think it's a dodecahedron, that is a d12 (sounded
>: like a 20 to me though) If anyone knows, could you Email me asap? I
>: need it for a school assignment due tomarrow. Thanks :)
>: qbert
>: (qb...@telerama.lm.com)
>On the subject of dice - does anyone actually use a d100 ? As
>far as I'm concerned one may as well paint numbers on a golf
>ball ! Whats wrong with 2d10 ?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Ben Hodson - hod...@prl.philips.co.uk
>
Nope nothing is wrong with 2d10... I use them here all the time.
I do own a die hundred but:
A) It keeps on rolling too LONG (I had to chase it down the stairs once)
B) Although it is not true; It rolls 96-100 more than my 2d10 could ever
roll in a lifetime.... (just from experiences!)
So as I'm concered: 2d10 RULEZ!!!!!
The Double Decahedron-Lover,
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Gereon Dahmen
>Chris Wooff
>
'Platonic solids' is the name for all the five symmetric dices:
d4: tetraeder
d6: hexaeder
d8: octaeder
d12: duodekaeder
d20: ikosaeder
G. Dahmen
Ben Hodson
: I know the names for all the others, but what's the name for 20 sided
Most shapes seem to have a connection with the greek numbers :
Octo - octohedron - eight sided
deca - decahedron - ten sided
thodeca - dodecahedron - twelve sided
ecosy - icosahedron - twenty sided
The spelling of the first column (I wont even call it greek :-)
is only aproximatly phonetic !
Dru A Smith
Cody Kosinski <co...@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> wrote:
>"Menno Deij" <s940...@student.utwente.nl> writes:
>
>> On 26 Mar 1995 11:36:04 -0500,
>> Qbert <qb...@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >I know the names for all the others, but what's the name for 20 sided
>> >die? In case you think it's a dodecahedron, that is a d12 (sounded
>> >like a 20 to me though) If anyone knows, could you Email me asap? I
>> >need it for a school assignment due tomarrow. Thanks :)
>> >qbert
>> >(qb...@telerama.lm.com)
>> >
>> In Holland we call the d20 a icosa der, so in US it must be something like
>> icosahedron.
>> Hope to help ye out!
>> Greetings,
>> Menno.
>>
>
> It's called the Isosagon. You were close though.. Later.
Actually, Icosagon is the name of a 20 sided 2-D polygon. The
Icosahedron is a 20-faced 3-d polyhedron.
Jeff Kesselman
(Christopher Wooff) wrote:
> I wouldn't call the polyhedra "Euclidean polywhatsits"; maybe the term
> you're looking for is "Platonic solids".
>
Actually, i believe the term is regular solids.
Platonic suggest the platonic forms which are, according to Plato's
philosophy, the absolutely PERFECT forms of which all physical forms are
imperfect shadows.
Given dice manufacturing tolernces, they are unlikely to by platonic forms.
JK
Lawrence R. Mead
: On Tue, 28 Mar 1995 15:24:41 GMT,
: Ben Hodson <hod...@prl.philips.co.uk> wrote:
: >Qbert (qb...@telerama.lm.com) wrote:
: >
: >: I know the names for all the others, but what's the name for 20 sided
: >: die? In case you think it's a dodecahedron, that is a d12 (sounded
The 20-sided regular solid is the *icosahedron* .
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M. Sun
>In <3l6rd3$e...@tribune.usask.ca> wo...@snoopy.usask.ca (Christopher Wooff) writes:
>>Chris Wooff
>>
>'Platonic solids' is the name for all the five symmetric dices:
>d4: tetraeder
>d6: hexaeder
>d8: octaeder
>d12: duodekaeder
>d20: ikosaeder
>G. Dahmen
>
They are also called the regular solids, since they are made of all
regular-polygon faces, which are in turn all the same.
In a geometry text (English) you will probably find the Anglicized
versions which are:
d4: tetrahedron
d6: hexahedron (cube)
d8: octahedron
d12: dodecahedron
d20: icosahedron
Also, my favorite die of all:
d1: sphere (ball)
;) ;) ;)
Kate the Short
I know it's s'posed to be "isocahedron," but I've always heard it referred to
as "duodecahedron," (as opposed to "dodecahedron")
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dk...@cas.org
>In article <Vince_Hickey-2...@octopus1.nrl.navy.mil>,
>Vince Hickey <Vince_...@kingcrab.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
>>
>>d10 = decahedron
>
> I was gonna say this, but held my tongue, thinking that only the
>Platonic Solids had the <prefix>-hedron names... sheesh, was I wrong!
No, they apply to the Consummate Solids as well :).
As always any opinions I may have written are mine and mine alone.
Dave.
Intrasoft
: drus...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Dru A Smith) wrote:
: >
: > For all interested:
: >
: > d4 = Tetrahedron
: > d6 = Hexahedron (cube)
: > d8 = Octahedron
: > d10 = Not a regular polyhedron, not sure if this has a name
: > d12 = Dodecahedron
: > d20 = *ICOSAHEDRON*
: > d30 = Not a regular polyhedron
: I think this one is called _triacontahedron_
Additionally:
d10 = decahedron,
d100 = hecatontahedron (perhaps with no leading 'h')
These come from the greek names for the corresponding numbers.
dk...@cas.org
>"Menno Deij" <s940...@student.utwente.nl> writes:
>
>> On 26 Mar 1995 11:36:04 -0500,
>> Qbert <qb...@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >I know the names for all the others, but what's the name for 20 sided
>> >die? In case you think it's a dodecahedron, that is a d12 (sounded
>> >like a 20 to me though) If anyone knows, could you Email me asap? I
>> >need it for a school assignment due tomarrow. Thanks :)
>> >qbert
>> >(qb...@telerama.lm.com)
>> >
>> In Holland we call the d20 a icosa der, so in US it must be something like
>> icosahedron.
>> Hope to help ye out!
>> Greetings,
>> Menno.
>>
>
> It's called the Isosagon. You were close though.. Later.
Say what? In the US it's an Icosahedron (sp?), not an Isosagon.
As always any opinions I may have written above are mine and mine alone.
Dave.
Michael Karapcik (AC)
: In article P5yo3c...@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, co...@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Cody Kosinski) writes:
: >"Menno Deij" <s940...@student.utwente.nl> writes:
: >> On 26 Mar 1995 11:36:04 -0500,
: >> Qbert <qb...@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
: >> >I know the names for all the others, but what's the name for 20 sided
: >> >die? In case you think it's a dodecahedron, that is a d12 (sounded
: >> >like a 20 to me though) If anyone knows, could you Email me asap? I
: Say what? In the US it's an Icosahedron (sp?), not an Isosagon.
: Dave.
Hello.
In geometry (in America), X-gon is a two dimentional shape, and
X-hedron is a three dimentional shape, with X being the numeric prefix.
4 sided tetrahedron
6 sided hexahedron or cube
8 sided octohedron
10 sided (irregular) decahedron (technically something like
bi-pyramidal decahedron)
12 sided dodecahedron (pentagonal regular dodecahedron, there
is also a rhomboidal dodecahedron)
20 sided icosahedron
I do not have the names for the 30 and 100 sided dice. The d30
is not a platonic solid because the rhomboidal faces are equilinear but
not equiangular (same with rhomboidal dodecahedron), and the faces of
the d100 are neither.
Mike
Robert Johnson
icosahedrons.
Robert
P.S. FYI Rhinoviruses (which cause common colds) are icosahedrons.
So it HIV, except that it is also an enveloped virus.
All the thing you never wanted to know......
a92...@zipi.fi.upm.es
> die? In case you think it's a dodecahedron, that is a d12 (sounded
> like a 20 to me though) If anyone knows, could you Email me asap? I
That's an icosaedrum.
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Jan-Olof Flink
Actually the geometric name of a d20 is Ikosaeder.
/JFK
Timothy J McGaha
The word you're looking for is "icosahedron".
Tim McGaha
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