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-hedral

/-ˈhiːdɹəl/

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uncommon/-ˈhɛdɹəl/

-hedral suffix: forms adjectives referring to solid figures bounded by a certain number of planes (polyhedra).

Suffix

-hedral

  1. Forms adjectives referring to solid figures bounded by a certain number of planes (polyhedra).

Origin of -hedral

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra, “face of a geometrical solid”) + -al.

Questions about -hedral

What does -hedral mean?
-hedral means forms adjectives referring to solid figures bounded by a certain number of planes (polyhedra).
What part of speech is -hedral?
-hedral is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -hedral?
-hedral is pronounced /-ˈhiːdɹəl/.

Words near -hedral in the dictionary

  1. -h-
  2. -ham
  3. -head
  4. -heads
  5. -hedra
  6. -hedral
  7. -hedron
  8. -hedrons
  9. -henge
  10. -hod
  11. -holic

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