Related Polyhedra
The dodecahedron can be transformed by a truncation sequence into its dual, the icosahedron:
| {5,3} | t0,1{5,3} | t1{5,3} | t0,1{3,5} | {3,5} | t0,2{5,3} | t0,1,2{5,3} | s{5,3} |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The regular dodecahedron is a member of a sequence of otherwise non-uniform polyhedra and tilings, composed of pentagons with face configurations (V3.3.3.3.n). (For n > 6, the sequence consists of tilings of the hyperbolic plane.) These face-transitive figures have (n32) rotational symmetry.
| Symmetry | 232 + D3 |
332 + T |
432 + O |
532 + I |
632 + P6 |
732 + |
832 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order | 6 | 12 | 24 | 60 | ∞ | ||
| Snub figure |
3.3.3.3.2 |
3.3.3.3.3 |
3.3.3.3.4 |
3.3.3.3.5 |
3.3.3.3.6 |
3.3.3.3.7 |
3.3.3.3.8 |
| Coxeter Schläfli |
s{2,3} |
s{3,3} |
s{4,3} |
s{5,3} |
s{6,3} |
s{7,3} |
s{8,3} |
| Snub dual figure |
V3.3.3.3.2 |
V3.3.3.3.3 |
V3.3.3.3.4 |
V3.3.3.3.5 |
V3.3.3.3.6 |
V3.3.3.3.7 |
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| Coxeter | |||||||
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