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Hedron means face and is used in combination with a word telling the number of surfaces to describe a specific geometric figure.

(suffix)

An example of hedron is rhombohedron, a crystal with three surfaces.

See -hedron in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a geometric figure or crystal having (a specified number of) surfaces: hexahedron

Origin: Gr -edron < hedra, a side, base, seat < IE base *sed- > L sedere, sit

See -hedron in American Heritage Dictionary 4

suffix

A crystal or geometric figure having a specified kind or number of surfaces: heptahedron.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin

Origin: , from Greek -edron

Origin: , neuter of -edros, -sided

Origin: , from hedrā, face; see sed- in Indo-European roots

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