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Definition of Hexahedron
1. Noun. Any polyhedron having six plane faces.
Definition of Hexahedron
1. n. A solid body of six sides or faces.
Definition of Hexahedron
1. Noun. (geometry) A polyhedron with six faces; the regular hexahedron is more commonly called the cube and is one of the Platonic solids. ¹
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Definition of Hexahedron
1. [n -DRA or -DRONS]
Medical Definition of Hexahedron
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Origin: Hexa- + Gr. Seat, base, fr. To sit: cf. F. Hexaedre.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexahedron
Literary usage of Hexahedron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on Mineralogy: Or, The Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom by Friedrich Mohs (1825)
"All the angles of the hexahedron, those of the faces as well as those of the
edges, are = 90°. 3. ... The hexahedron or cube is a regular solid of geometry. ..."
2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1898)
"The length of the hexahedron may be found as follows :— The zone of the hexahedron
is an equilateral triangle of 2 in edge. Bisect each side, and join the ..."
3. Elementary Course of Geology, Mineralogy, and Physical Geography by David T[homas] Ansted (1856)
"The cube or hexahedron, as seen in fig. 43. In this the solid angles (A) of the
octahedron ... Tetrakis- hexahedron. Fig. 46. Pentagonal dodecahedron. 220. ..."
4. The Mathematician (1856)
"If the opposite faces of a hexahedron inscribed in a surface of the second ...
Since the hexahedron is to have eight angular points, its several sides will ..."
5. An Elementary Treatise on Crystallography by Victor Regnault (1848)
"The hexahedron or cube (fig. 21) is formed by six square faces; the three axes
... 22. tri-facial angles o corresponding to the angles of the hexahedron. ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"... but in modern times the term Cube (qv) has been used in this signification,
and the hexahedron is taken to include all solid figures of six faces. ..."
7. The Elements of Molecular Mechanics by Joseph Bayma (1866)
"9) having equal powers w are so arranged as to form a regular hexahedron around
an attractive centre 0 having a power v. Find the formula of the system. ..."
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