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parallelepiped

par·al·lel·e·pi·ped
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [par-uh-lel-uh-pahy-pid, -pip-id]
    • /ˌpær əˌlɛl əˈpaɪ pɪd, -ˈpɪp ɪd/
    • /ˌpæ.rə.le.ˈle.pɪ.ped/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [par-uh-lel-uh-pahy-pid, -pip-id]
    • /ˌpær əˌlɛl əˈpaɪ pɪd, -ˈpɪp ɪd/

Definitions of parallelepiped word

  • noun parallelepiped a prism with six faces, all parallelograms. 1
  • noun parallelepiped a geometric solid whose six faces are parallelograms 0
  • noun parallelepiped a solid with six faces, each of which is a parallelogram 0
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Origin of parallelepiped

First appearance:

before 1560
One of the 32% oldest English words
1560-70; < Greek parallēlepípedon body with parallel surfaces, equivalent to parállēl(os) parallel + epípedon plane, noun use of neuter of epípedos flat, equivalent to epi- epi- + pédon ground

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Parts of speech for Parallelepiped

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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parallelepiped popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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    Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.

  • scalar triple product

    the volume of the parallelepiped defined by three given vectors, u, v, and w, usually represented as u·v 1 (v×w), [ uvw ], or (uvw), where × denotes a cross product and · denotes an inner product.
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