six-sided figure

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• figure — 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)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• figure — 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… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• figure — 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… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• figure — 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… …   English dictionary

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• hip — 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

• hexahedron — n. Cube, six sided figure …   New dictionary of synonyms

• hip — 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.… …   Word origins

• cuboid — [kyo͞o′boid΄] adj. [Gr kyboeidēs: see CUBE1 & OID] 1. shaped like a cube 2. designating a cubelike tarsal bone on the outside of the foot between the metatarsals and the calcaneus n. 1. a six sided figure each face of which is a rectangle …   English World dictionary