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chiliahedron rare.|ˌkɪlɪəˈhiːdrən|
Also chiliaëdron.
[mod. f. Gr. χίλιοι thousand + ἕδρα seat, side.]
A solid figure having a thousand sides.
1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. xxix. §14 He that thinks he has a distinct Idea of the Figure of a Chiliaëdron, let him for Trial's-sake take another parcel of the same uniform Matter..and make it into a figure of 999 sides. |
