dodeca-, dodec-Gr. δώδεκα twelve, an initial element in numerous technical words: see below. Also doˈdecafida.[L. -fidus -cleft], divided into twelve segments (Syd. Soc.Lex. 1883). dodeˈcamerousa.[Gr. µέρος part], consisting of twelve parts or divisions (Syd. Soc.Lex.). ˌdodecaˈpartitea.[L. partīt-us divided]=prec.ˌdodecaˈpetalousa.Bot., having twelve petals. ˌdodecaˈsemica.Pros.[Gr. δωδεκάσηµος of twelve times (in music), f. σῆµα sign, mark], consisting of 12 moræ or units of time, as a dodecasemic foot. (In recent Dicts.)1879Sir G. G. Scott Lect.Archit. II. 197 If all sides had the threefold division, it would have become dodecapartite.1847Craig, Dodecapetalous, having twelve petals.