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hectohedron

hectohedron noun: a polyhedron with one hundred faces.

Noun

hectohedron (plural hectohedra or hectohedrons)

  1. (rare) A polyhedron with one hundred faces.
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Forms of hectohedron

pluralhectohedra
pluralhectohedrons

Origin of hectohedron

From hecto- + -hedron.

Questions about hectohedron

What does hectohedron mean?
Hectohedron means a polyhedron with one hundred faces.
What part of speech is hectohedron?
Hectohedron is a noun.
What is the plural of hectohedron?
The plural of hectohedron is hectohedra.

Words near hectohedron in the dictionary

  1. hectographed
  2. hectographic
  3. hectographing
  4. hectographs
  5. hectography
  6. hectohedron
  7. hectoid
  8. hectokatal
  9. hectokatals
  10. hectokilo-
  11. hectokilogram

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