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Icosahedron

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What is an icosahedron ?

An icosahedron with twenty triangular faces. An icosahedron, with 20 triangular faces, models viral capsids and geodesic domes. Its high symmetry and structural stability are leveraged in gaming dice and molecular simulations. The volume formula is: Volume = (5/12) × (3 + √5) × side³.
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