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-hedron
(-hedron)
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combiningForm
(
plural
-hedra
or
-hedrons
)
in nouns denoting geometric solids having a specified number of plane faces:
decahedron
denoting geometric solids having faces of a specified shape:
rhombohedron
Origin:
from Greek
hedra
'seat, base'
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