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tesseract

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tes·ser·act  (ts-rkt)
n.
The four-dimensional equivalent of a cube.

[Greek tessera, neuter pl. of tesseres, four; see tessera + akts, ray of light; see actino-.]
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tesseract

tesseract  (ts-rkt)
A four-dimensional hypercube, having sixteen corners. See more at hypercube.
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tesseract
A two-dimensional depiction of a tesseract. In a real tesseract, which cannot exist in our three-dimensional space, each edge would be the same length.
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Noun1.tesseract - the four-dimensional analogue of a cube
cube, regular hexahedron - a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces


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