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—heptahedral, heptahedrical, adj./hep'teuh hee"dreuhn/, n., pl. heptahedrons, heptahedra /-dreuh/.a solid figure having seven faces.[1650-60; HEPTA- + -HEDRON]
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Heptahedron — Hep ta*he dron, n. [Hepta + Gr. ? seat, base, fr. ? to sit: cf. F. hepta[ e]dre.] (Geom.) A solid figure with seven sides. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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