six-sided figure

  • 1figure — fig|ure1 W1S1 [ˈfıgə US ˈfıgjər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(number)¦ 2¦(amount of money)¦ 3¦(person)¦ 4¦(woman s body)¦ 5 father/mother/authority figure 6 figures 7¦(mathematical shape)¦ 8¦(painting/model)¦ 9¦(drawing)¦ …

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  • 2figure — 1 noun (C) 1 NUMBER a) a number representing an amount, especially an officially published number: keeping unemployment figures down b) a number from 0 to 10, written as a sign rather than a word : a four/five/six figure number (=a number in the… …

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  • 3figure — fig|ure1 [ fıgjər ] noun *** ▸ 1 number/amount ▸ 2 important person ▸ 3 drawing in a book ▸ 4 mathematical shape ▸ 5 person or person s shape ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count often plural an official number that has been counted or calculated: Government… …

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  • 4figure — I UK [ˈfɪɡə(r)] / US [ˈfɪɡjər] noun Word forms figure : singular figure plural figures *** 1) [countable, often plural] an official number that has been counted or calculated Government figures show a continued decline in unemployment. This year… …

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  • 5Six Sigma — Not to be confused with Sigma 6. The often used Six Sigma symbol Part of a series of articles on I …

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  • 6Thirty-Six Stratagems — The Thirty Six Stratagems (zh tsp|t=三十六計|s=三十六计|p=Sānshíliù Jì) was originally a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, as well as in civil interaction, often through unorthodox or deceptive means. They… …

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  • 7Blaise Pascal — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 17th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Blaise Pascal name = Blaise Pascal birth = birth date|1623|6|19|mf=y death = death date and age|1662|8|19|1623|6|19|mf=y school… …

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  • 8hip — English has two hips. The anatomical hip [OE] comes from a prehistoric Germanic *khupiz, whose formal and semantic similarity to Greek kúbos ‘six sided figure’, hence ‘pelvic cavity’ (source of English cube) suggests that the two may be related.… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 9hexahedron — n. Cube, six sided figure …

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  • 10hip — English has two hips. The anatomical hip [OE] comes from a prehistoric Germanic *khupiz, whose formal and semantic similarity to Greek kúbos ‘six sided figure’, hence ‘pelvic cavity’ (source of English cube) suggests that the two may be related.… …

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