"-hedron" meaning in English

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Suffix

Forms: -hedra [plural], -hedrons [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra, “face of a geometrical solid”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sed-}}, {{der|en|grc|ἕδρα|t=face of a geometrical solid}} Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra, “face of a geometrical solid”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|plural|-hedra|or|-hedrons}} -hedron (plural -hedra or -hedrons)
  1. (geometry) Forms the names of solid figures bounded by a certain number of planes (polyhedra). Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Geometry Related terms: -hedral, -gon, -choron Translations (solid figure): -edre [masculine] (Catalan), -eder [neuter] (Danish), -tahokas (Finnish), -edri (Finnish), -èdre [masculine] (French), -eder (German), -éder (Hungarian), -héadrán [masculine] (Irish), -edro [masculine] (Italian), -eder [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), -eder [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), -edro [masculine] (Spanish), -eder [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--hedron-en-suffix-IAjr8Epq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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