Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for POL-Y-HE'DRON
POL-Y-HE'DRAL, or POL-Y-HE'DROUSPO-LYL'O-GY
POL-Y-HE'DRON, n. [Gr. πολυς, many, and εδρα, side.]
- In geometry, a body or solid contained under many sides or planes.
- In optics, a multiplying glass or lens consisting of several plane surfaces disposed in a convex form. – Encyc.
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