hexahedron

hexahedrontwo types of hexahedrons

hex·a·he·dron

H0181200 (hĕk′sə-hē′drən)n. pl. hex·a·he·drons or hex·a·he·dra (-drə) A polyhedron, such as a cube, that has six faces.

[Greek hexaedron, from neuter of hexaedros, having six sides : hexa-, hexa- + -edros, sided; see -hedron.]

hex′a·he′dral (-drəl) adj.

hexahedron

(ˌhɛksəˈhiːdrən) n, pl -drons or -dra (-drə) (Mathematics) a solid figure having six plane faces. A regular hexahedron (cube) has square faces. See also polyhedron ˌhexaˈhedral adj

hex•a•he•dron

(ˌhɛk səˈhi drən)

n., pl. -drons, -dra (-drə). a solid figure, as a cube, having six faces. [1565–75; < Greek hexáedron]

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Noun

hexahedron - any polyhedron having six plane facespolyhedron - a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or facesrhombohedron - a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)

Translations

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hexahedron

(hĕk'səhē`drən): see cubecube,
in geometry, regular solid bounded by six equal squares. All adjacent faces of a cube are perpendicular to each other; any one face of a cube may be its base. The dimensions of a cube are the lengths of the three edges which meet at any vertex.
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, closed solid bounded by plane faces; each face of a polyhedron is a polygon. A cube is a polyhedron bounded by six polygons (in this case squares) meeting at right angles.
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hexahedron

[‚hek·sə′hē·drən] (mathematics) A polyhedron with six faces.

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noun any polyhedron having six plane faces

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