English Explanatory Dictionary

parallelotope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A generalization of parallelogram and parallelepiped into a figure of arbitrary dimensionality.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

parallelotope parallelotopes

Etymology

Blend of parallelogram + polytope. Popularized by Canadian geometer H.S.M. Coxeter.

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