Dodéca

Dodéca is a prefix of Greek origin meaning Twelve (12).

In Greek, the form is dṓdeka ( δώδεκα ) made up of dō , form préfixale of dúo ( δύο ) meaning two (2), and of déka ( δέκα ) meaning ten (10).

• Dodecahedron, solid made up of 12 faces
• Dodecagon, figure of plane Geometry: it is a Polygone at 12 tops and sides
• the Dodécanèse, Archipel of the Aegean Sea gathering more than 160 islands and small island S, for the majority uninhabited. The name Dōdekanēsos wants to say “twelve ( dōdeka ) islands ( nēsos )”
• Dodécaphonisme (or dodecaphonic music ), technical musical of composition to twelve notes
• Dodécarchie, name given by Hérodote to the government of the twelve kings who would have reigned on the Egypt in the neighborhoods of years 670-660 before our era
• Dodécasyllabe, Towards of 12 feet usually called alexandrine

See too

• 12 (number)

• List of the numbers
• article on the Greek

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