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单词 dodeca-
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dodeca-dodec-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.
Forms: before a vowel dodec-.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin dōdeca-.
Etymology: < classical Latin dōdeca- (in e.g. dōdecatēmorium dodecatemory n.) < ancient Greek δωδεκα- , combining form (in e.g. δωδεκατημόριον ) of δώδεκα twelve < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit dvādaśa twelve < the Indo-European base of two adj. + the Indo-European base of ten adj.Compare French dodéca-.
Greek δώδεκα twelve, an initial element in numerous technical words: see below. Also (In recent dictionaries.)
doˈdecafid adj.
Brit. /dəʊˈdɛkəfɪd/
,
U.S. /doʊˈdɛkəˌfɪd/
divided into twelve segments ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1883). [ < scientific Latin dodecafidus (1810 or earlier) < dodeca- dodeca- comb. form + -fidus -fid comb. form; compare French dodécafide (1800 or earlier).]
dodeˈcamerous adj.
Brit. /ˌdəʊdᵻˈkam(ə)rəs/
,
U.S. /ˌdoʊdəˈkæm(ə)rəs/
consisting of twelve parts or divisions ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). [After scientific Latin dodecamerus (1844 or earlier).]
ˌdodecaˈpartite adj.
Brit. /ˌdəʊdɛkəˈpɑːtʌɪt/
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U.S. /ˌdoʊdɛkəˈpɑrˌtaɪt/
= dodecamerous adj. [ < scientific Latin dodecapartitus (1810 or earlier) < classical Latin dōdeca- dodeca- comb. form + partītus partite adj.; compare French dodécapartite (1817 or earlier).]
ΚΠ
a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 197 If all sides had the threefold division, it would have become dodecapartite.
ˌdodecaˈpetalous adj.
Brit. /ˌdəʊdɛkəˈpɛtələs/
,
/ˌdəʊdɛkəˈpɛtl̩əs/
,
U.S. /ˌdoʊdɛkəˈpɛdl̩əs/
Botany having twelve petals. [After scientific Latin dodecapetalus (1764 or earlier); compare French dodécapetale (1789 or earlier).]
ΚΠ
1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Dodecapetalous, having twelve petals.
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ˌdodecaˈsemic adj.
Brit. /ˌdəʊdɛkəˈsiːmɪk/
,
U.S. /ˌdoʊdɛkəˈsimɪk/
Prosody consisting of 12 moræ or units of time, as a dodecasemic foot. [ < post-classical Latin dodecasemus (4th cent.; < Hellenistic Greek δωδεκάσημος of twelve times (in music) < ancient Greek δωδεκα- dodeca- comb. form + σῆμα sign, mark: see sema n.) + -ic suffix.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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