PARALLELEPIPED


Meaning of PARALLELEPIPED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpa-rə-ˌle-lə-ˈpī-pəd also ]

-ˌle-ˈle-pə-ˌped noun

Etymology: Greek parallēlepipedon, from parallēlos + epipedon plane surface, from neuter of epipedos flat, from epi- epi- + pedon ground; akin to Latin ped-, pes foot — more at foot

Date: 1570

: a 6-faced polyhedron all of whose faces are parallelograms lying in pairs of parallel planes

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