par·al·lel·e·pi·ped (p r  -l l-p  p d, -ppd)n. A solid with six faces, each a parallelogram and each being parallel to the opposite face. [Greek parall  lepipedon : paralllos, parallel; see parallel + epipedon, plane surface, from neuter sing. of epipedos, level (epi-, epi- + pedon, ground; see ped- in Indo-European roots).] |   rectangular parallelipiped |
parallelepiped, parallelopiped [ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɛd], parallelepipedon [ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪdən]
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(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. |
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| Noun | 1. |  parallelepiped - a prism whose bases are parallelogramsprism - 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) |
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