hexahedron

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In essence, Taymor and Berger tie themselves in knots trying to shove the inherently dualistic nature of melodrama into a psychological hexahedron of their own creation.

From Chicago Tribune • Feb. 7, 2011

Suppose, for example, that we attempt to deal decoratively which such simple figures as the three lowest Platonic solids—the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, and the octahedron.

From Architecture and Democracy by Bragdon, Claude Fayette

This is bounded by six square faces parallel to the cubic planes of symmetry; it is known also as the hexahedron.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

Platonic bodies; cube, rhomboid; tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron; prism, pyramid; parallelopiped; curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark