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Meaning of -hedron in English:

-hedron

Pronunciation /?hi?dr?n/

-hedra, -hedrons

  • 1In nouns denoting geometrical solids having a specified number of plane faces.

    • ‘decahedron’
    1. 1.1Denoting geometrical solids having faces of a specified shape.
      • ‘rhombohedron’

Origin

From Greek hedra ‘seat, base’.