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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Hexahedron \Hex`a*he"dron\, n.; pl. E. Hexahedrons, L.
     Hexahedra. [Hexa- + Gr. ? seat, base, fr. ? to sit: cf. F.
     hexa[`e]dre.] (Geom.)
     A solid body of six sides or faces.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Regular hexahedron, a hexagon having six equal squares for
        its sides; a cube.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hexahedron \Hex`a*he"dron\, n.; pl. E. Hexahedrons, L.
     Hexahedra. [Hexa- + Gr. ? seat, base, fr. ? to sit: cf. F.
     hexa[`e]dre.] (Geom.)
     A solid body of six sides or faces.
  
     Regular hexahedron, a hexagon having six equal squares for
        its sides; a cube.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  regular hexahedron
       n : a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces [syn: cube]

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