Etymology

hexacosichoron

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Today it means: A four-dimensional object analogous to an icosahedron, constructed out of six hundred tetrahedra, arranged 20 to a vertex. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἑξακόσιοι
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἑξακόσιοι“six hundred”
  2. English todayhexacosichoron

From hexacosi- (“six hundred”) + -choron (“room”), from Ancient Greek ἑξακόσιοι (hexakósioi, “six hundred”) and χῶρος (khôros, “room”).

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