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Definition: PLATONIC BODIES |
PLATONIC BODIES1. The five regular geometrical solids; namely, the tetrahedron, hexahedron or cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Platonic Bodies The five regular geometric solids described by Plato- viz. the tetrahedron, hexahedron, octhedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron, all of which are bounded by like, equal, and regular planes. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Angularity | Platonic bodies; cube, rhomboid; tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron; prism, pyramid; parallelopiped; curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-i-i-l-n-o-o-p-s-t" | |
-2 letters: depositional, despoliation. | |
-3 letters: bilocations, bisectional, consolidate, depilations, dislocation. | |
-4 letters: abolitions, antibodies, antipolice, bandicoots, bilocation, bloodstain, coalitions, cobaltines, decisional, depictions, depilation, deposition, desolation, eicosanoid, endobiotic, epiblastic, epilations, episodical, indictable, insociable, lidocaines, neoplastic, nodalities, planetoids, plasticine, pleonastic, plications, politicoes, positional, positioned, septicidal, speciation, spoliation, tablespoon. | |
-5 letters: abolition, actinides, actinoids, adoptions, albinotic, andesitic, antipodes, antipoles, apostolic, balconied. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 4C 41 54 4F 4E 49 43 42 4F 44 49 45 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01001100 01000001 01010100 01001111 01001110 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000010 01001111 01000100 01001001 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P L A T O N I C   B O D I E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 004C 0041 0054 004F 004E 0049 0043 0042 004F 0044 0049 0045 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50463554494843372364938433953 |
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