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heptadecahedron

heptadecahedron noun: a polyhedron with seventeen faces.

heptadecahedron: a polyhedron with seventeen faces
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Noun

heptadecahedron (plural heptadecahedra or heptadecahedrons)

  1. A polyhedron with seventeen faces.

Synonyms of heptadecahedron

Forms of heptadecahedron

pluralheptadecahedra
pluralheptadecahedrons

Origin of heptadecahedron

From heptadeca- + -hedron.

Questions about heptadecahedron

What does heptadecahedron mean?
Heptadecahedron means a polyhedron with seventeen faces.
What part of speech is heptadecahedron?
Heptadecahedron is a noun.
What is the plural of heptadecahedron?
The plural of heptadecahedron is heptadecahedra.

Words near heptadecahedron in the dictionary

  1. heptadecaglycosides
  2. heptadecagon
  3. heptadecagonal
  4. heptadecagons
  5. heptadecahedra
  6. heptadecahedron
  7. heptadecahedrons
  8. heptadecamer
  9. heptadecameric
  10. heptadecamers
  11. heptadecanal

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