parallelepiped

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).]

parallelipiped rectangular parallelipiped

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parallelepiped [par-a-lel-ee-pipe-ed]

Noun

Geom a solid shape whose six faces are parallelograms [Greek parallēlos parallel + epipedon plane surface]

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parallelepiped  (pr-ll-ppd, -ppd)

A polyhedron with six faces, each a parallelogram and each being parallel to the opposite face.

Thesaurus

Noun

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parallelepiped - a prism whose bases are parallelograms parallelepipedon, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon 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)