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hexahedral

hexahedral

8.4
A solid shape with six flat faces, like a cube
  • noun
  • /ˌhɛksəˈhɛdrəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hexaedro
  • I think a couple more slides we get another pentahedron and then starting to get hexahedra other than the cube, lots of them.
  • hexahedral elements

Examples

  • We discretize the bar into 2,560 tri-linear hexahedral elements, each with eight Gauss points.

    Academic text (2018)

  • A total of 352 20-noded hexahedral elements (with reduced integration - 8 Gauss points) are employed, resulting in a mesh with 1,877 nodes.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The discretization is shown in Fig. 5b, where 576 20-noded hexahedral elements with reduced integration have been used, yielding a mesh with 3,589 nodes.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The 3D model consists of several hexahedral elements that accurately represent the shape of the structures.

  • In computer graphics, we often use hexahedral shapes to create realistic simulations of solid objects.

  • The analysis required the use of multiple hexahedral components to achieve a precise numerical solution.

Synonyms

hexahedron
vshexahedral
9.2

A solid shape with six flat faces

is used especially in technical or computational contexts

Surface Forms

hexahedral singular
hexahedra plural

Morphology

hexahedral = hexahedron (semi-transparent) = hexa + hedron + al

The word is regularly formed from the technical base 'hexahedron' plus the adjectival suffix '-al', but the classical combining elements are not part of everyday vocabulary.

Etymology

Hexahedral comes from Greek parts hex- meaning 'six' and -hedron meaning 'face' or 'base', the same hex- you see in hexagon. So a hexahedral is a solid with six flat faces, like a cube.