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hexahedron

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hexahedron
hexahedral, adj.
/hek'seuh hee"dreuhn/, n., pl. hexahedrons, hexahedra /-dreuh/.
a solid figure having six faces, as a cube. See illus. under cube.
[1565-75; < Gk hexáedron. See HEXA-, -HEDRON]

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