Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hexahedron"

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) 1.7 (wn)

hexahedron
n : any polyhedron having six plane faces


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