parallelepiped

English

A parallelepiped.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδος (parallēlepípedos, “with parallel surfaces”), from παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + ἐπίπεδος (epípedos, “plane”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪd/, /ˌpæɹəlɛlˈɛpɪpɛd/
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Noun

parallelepiped (plural parallelepipeds)

(geometry) A solid figure, having six faces, all parallelograms; all opposite faces being similar and parallel.
- A cuboid is a rectangular parallelepiped.

Hyponyms

cuboid

Derived terms

parallelepipedic

Translations

solid figure

Catalan: paral·lelepípede m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 平行六面體, 平行六面体 (píngxíng liù miàntǐ)
Czech: rovnoběžnostěn m
Danish: parallelepipedum
Dutch: parallellepipedum (nl) n
Esperanto: paralelepipedo
Finnish: suuntaissärmiö (fi)
French: parallélépipède (fr) m
German: Parallelflach n, Parallelepiped (de) n

Greek: παραλληλεπίπεδο (el) n (parallilepípedo)
Hebrew: מקבילון‎ (he) m (makbilón)
Italian: parallelepipedo (it) m
Japanese: 平行六面体 (ja) (へいこうろくめんたい, heikō-roku-mentai)
Polish: równoległościan (pl) m
Portuguese: paralelepípedo (pt) m
Russian: параллелепи́пед (ru) m (parallelepíped)
Spanish: paralelepípedo (es) m
Swedish: parallellepiped (sv)

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