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parallelepiped

rectangular parallelepiped

par·al·lel·e·pi·ped

(păr′ə-lĕl′ə-pī′pĭd, -pĭp′ĭd)

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

[Greek parallēlepipedon : parallēlos, 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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parallelepiped

(ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɛd) or

parallelopiped

;

parallelepipedon

(ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪdən) or

parallelopipedon

n, pl -pipeds or -pipeda (-paɪpɪdə)

(Mathematics) a geometric solid whose six faces are parallelograms

[C16: from Greek parallēlepipedon; from parallēlos parallel + epipedon plane surface, from epi- + pedon ground]

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par•al•lel•e•pi•ped

(ˌpær əˌlɛl əˈpaɪ pɪd, -ˈpɪp ɪd)

n.

a prism with six faces, all parallelograms.

[1560–70; < Greek parallēlepípedon body with parallel surfaces]

par·al·lel·e·pi·ped

(păr′ə-lĕl′ə-pī′pĭd)

A solid geometric figure having six faces, each one being a parallelogram.

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Noun 1. [画像:parallelepiped - a prism whose bases are parallelograms]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)

Translations

paralelepípedo

parallélépipède

parallelepiped

[ˌpærəˌleləˈpaɪped] N → paralelepípedo m

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parallelepiped

[ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɛd] n → parallelepipedo

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