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hexahedron

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • hĕksəhē'drən
  • /hɛksəˈhiːdɹən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A polyhedron with six faces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any polyhedron having six plane faces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: polyhedron

Narrower terms: rhombohedron

History

Etymology

From hexa- + -hedron. Piecewise doublet of sexahedron.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: hexaedru — polyhedron with six faces
  • Catalan: hexaedre — polyhedron with six faces
  • Catalan: hexàedre — polyhedron with six faces
  • Chinese Mandarin: 六面體 /六面体 (liùmiàntǐ) — polyhedron with six faces
  • Czech: šestistěn — polyhedron with six faces
  • Czech: hexaedr — polyhedron with six faces
  • Dutch: hexaëder — polyhedron with six faces
  • Dutch: zesvlak — polyhedron with six faces
  • Esperanto: sesedro — polyhedron with six faces
  • Faroese: seksflatingur — polyhedron with six faces
  • Finnish: heksaedri — polyhedron with six faces
  • Finnish: kuusitahokas — polyhedron with six faces
  • French: hexaèdre — polyhedron with six faces
  • Galician: hexaedro — polyhedron with six faces
  • German: Hexaeder — polyhedron with six faces
  • German: Sechsflächner — polyhedron with six faces
  • German: 6-Flächner — polyhedron with six faces
  • Hungarian: hexaéder — polyhedron with six faces
  • Icelandic: sexflötungur — polyhedron with six faces
  • Japanese: 六面体 (rokumentai) — polyhedron with six faces
  • Korean: 육면체 (yungmyeonche) — polyhedron with six faces
  • Macedonian: хексаедар (heksaedar) — polyhedron with six faces
  • Polish: sześciościan — polyhedron with six faces
  • Portuguese: hexaedro — polyhedron with six faces
  • Russian: гекса́эдр (geksáedr) — polyhedron with six faces
  • Russian: шестигра́нник (šestigránnik) — polyhedron with six faces
  • Spanish: hexaedro — polyhedron with six faces
  • Swedish: hexaeder — polyhedron with six faces
  • Tagalog: nimdayag — polyhedron with six faces
  • Ukrainian: шестигра́нник (šestyhránnyk) — polyhedron with six faces