English Explanatory Dictionary

-hedron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms the names of solid figures bounded by a certain number of planes (polyhedra).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

-hedron -hedra -hedrons

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra, “face of a geometrical solid”).

Related words

-hedral
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