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DP needs to know if there's a word for a sphere made up of hexagons.

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DisplacementActivity · 03/06/2008 23:25

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NormaStanleyFletcher · 03/06/2008 23:27

Do you mean like buckminster fullerine, thoughy that is hexagons and pentagons

KatyMac · 03/06/2008 23:29

Is it a dodecahenrdron - no that is petagrams

here

Califrau · 03/06/2008 23:29

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AlexanderPandasmum · 03/06/2008 23:29

Is it a dodecahedron? (sp?).

KatyMac · 03/06/2008 23:30

Apparently "There are no polyhedrons which use only hexagons, as three hexagons at a vertex would make a flat surface. However, a buckyball uses both hexagons and pentagons."

lackaDAISYcal · 03/06/2008 23:30

If it was pentagons it would be a dodecahedron....but that doesn't help, does it?

smartiejake · 03/06/2008 23:31

No a dodecahedron is 12 pentagons which make a 3D shape.

lackaDAISYcal · 03/06/2008 23:32

lol katymac, pentagrams are five pointed stars, most often used in devil worship

Saturn74 · 03/06/2008 23:32

sphexagon, obviously!

KatyMac · 03/06/2008 23:32

I know what I mean

BoysAreLikeDogs · 03/06/2008 23:33

No.

Look at all the clever clogs discussing this very thing here

[awed]

littlelapin · 03/06/2008 23:33

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littlelapin · 03/06/2008 23:34

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KatyMac · 03/06/2008 23:35

Duh.....?

lackaDAISYcal · 03/06/2008 23:41

Lol BALD...you've found the answer

It's a fecking football!

Califrau · 03/06/2008 23:42

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BoysAreLikeDogs · 03/06/2008 23:45

LAWKSADAISY

What the feck did that mean, LL ?

lol at football, that was accidental, I am fick really tee hee

littlelapin · 03/06/2008 23:46

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KatyMac · 03/06/2008 23:48

So are they Buckyballs??

BoysAreLikeDogs · 03/06/2008 23:48

[lies down in a dark room]

lackaDAISYcal · 03/06/2008 23:51
DisplacementActivity · 03/06/2008 23:57

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KatyMac · 03/06/2008 23:59

So it is a dodecahedron then

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BoysAreLikeDogs · 04/06/2008 00:00
Kewcumber · 04/06/2008 00:02

I made a dodecahedron in maths club at shcool.

(Spot the geek)