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Polyhedron Common

Origin: Greek suffix -hedron

Polyhedron has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces

2

A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
solid
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
convex polyhedron concave polyhedron prism pyramid tetrahedron pentahedron hexahedron octahedron decahedron dodecahedron icosahedron regular polyhedron prismatoid trapezohedron

Origin

The word comes from Ancient Greek, where it originally meant "having many seats." It combines the prefix for "many" with a word for "seat," and was later adopted into New Latin as polyedron.

Rhyming Words
ron aron eron tron iron fron pron kron bron pyron boron miron enron doron meron jaron varon yoron myron maron
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