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-hedron
  دیمه   
-dimé

Fr.: -èdre   

A combining form meaning "face" used in the names of geometrical solid figures having the form or number of faces specified by the initial element.

N.L., from Gk -edron, from hedra "seat, base, chair, face of a geometric solid," from PIE root *sed- "to → sit."

Dimé, from dim, → face.

dihedron
  دودیمه   
dodimé

Fr.: dièdre   

A figure formed by two intersecting planes.

di-; → -hedron.

octahedron
  هشتدیمه   
haštdimé

Fr.: octaèdre   

A geometric solid with eight sides.

octa-, oct-; → -hedron.

polyhedron
  بلدیمه   
boldimé

Fr.: polyèdre   

1) Geometry: A three-dimensional figure formed by several → polygons.
2) A set P ⊆ ℜn is a polyhedron if there is a system of finitely many unequalities Ax ≤ b such that P = {x ∈ ℜn | Ax ≤ b}.

poly-; → hedron.

tetrahedron
  چهاردیمه   
cahârdimé

Fr.: tétraèdre   

A solid figure having four plane faces.

tetra-; → -hedron.