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parallelepiped

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par·al·lel·e·pi·ped  (pr-ll-ppd, -ppd)
n.
A solid with six faces, each a parallelogram and each being parallel to the opposite face.

[Greek paralllepipedon : paralllos, parallel; see parallel + epipedon, plane surface, from neuter sing. of epipedos, level (epi-, epi- + pedon, ground; see ped- in Indo-European roots).]
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parallelipiped
rectangular parallelipiped

parallelepiped, parallelopiped [ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɛd], parallelepipedon [ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪdən]
n
(Mathematics) a geometric solid whose six faces are parallelograms
[from Greek parallēlepipedon; from parallēlos parallel + epipedon plane surface, from epi- + pedon ground]

parallelepiped  (pr-ll-ppd, -ppd)
A polyhedron with six faces, each a parallelogram and each being parallel to the opposite face.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.parallelepipedparallelepiped - a prism whose bases are parallelograms
prism - a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
cuboid - a rectangular parallelepiped
rhombohedron - a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
Translations
parallelepiped [ˌpærəˌleləˈpaɪped] Nparalelepípedo m
parallelepiped [ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɛd] nparallelepipedo
parallelepiped [ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɛd] nparallelepipedo


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