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What is meant by coordination polyhedron?

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The three dimensional spatial arrangement of ligand molecules / ions that are directly attached to the central metal atom is known as coordination polyhedron (Polygon).
For e.g, In `K_(4)[Fe(CN)_(6)]` the coordination polyhedra is octahedral.
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