Hexahedron

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hexahedron
       n : any polyhedron having six plane faces