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-hedron

 
a combining form meaning “face,” used in the names of geometrical solid figures having the form or number of faces specified by the initial element: tetrahedron.
Origin:
< Gk -edron, neut. of -edros having bases, -sided, equiv. to (h)édr(a) seat, face of a geometrical form (see cathedra ) + -os adj. suffix
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-hedron  
suff.   A crystal or geometric figure having a specified kind or number of surfaces: heptahedron.


[New Latin, from Greek -edron, neuter of -edros, -sided, from hedrā, face; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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