"hexahedron" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɛksəˈhiːdɹən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hexahedron.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hexahedrons [plural], hexahedra [plural]
enPR: hĕksəhē'drən Etymology: hexa- + -hedron Etymology templates: {{confix|en|hexa|hedron}} hexa- + -hedron Head templates: {{en-noun|s|hexahedra}} hexahedron (plural hexahedrons or hexahedra)
  1. (geometry) A polyhedron with six faces. The regular hexahedron is the cube, and is one of the Platonic solids. Wikipedia link: hexahedron Categories (topical): Geometry, Polyhedra, Six Synonyms: sexahedron [rare] Derived forms: tetrakis hexahedron Related terms: hexahedral Translations (polyhedron with six faces): hexaedru [masculine] (Asturian), hexaedre [masculine] (Catalan), hexàedre [masculine] (Catalan), 六面體 (Chinese Mandarin), 六面体 (liùmiàntǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), šestistěn [masculine] (Czech), hexaedr [masculine] (Czech), hexaëder [masculine] (Dutch), zesvlak [neuter] (Dutch), sesedro (Esperanto), seksflatingur [masculine] (Faroese), heksaedri (Finnish), hexaèdre [masculine] (French), hexaedro [masculine] (Galician), Hexaeder [neuter] (German), Sechsflächner [masculine] (German), hexaéder (Hungarian), sexflötungur [masculine] (Icelandic), 六面体 (rokumentai) (alt: ろくめんたい) (Japanese), 육면체 (yungmyeonche) (Korean), sześciościan [masculine] (Polish), hexaedro [masculine] (Portuguese), гекса́эдр (geksáedr) [masculine] (Russian), шестигра́нник (šestigránnik) [masculine] (Russian), hexaedro [masculine] (Spanish), hexaeder [common-gender] (Swedish), nimdayag (Tagalog), шестигра́нник (šestyhránnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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