parallelepiped
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əˌlɛl noun
a prism with six faces, all parallelograms.
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Parallelepiped
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| given to using long words. |
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
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World English Dictionary
parallelepiped, parallelopiped or parallelepipedon (ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɛd, ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪdən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a geometric solid whose six faces are parallelograms | |
| [C16: from Greek parallēlepipedon; from parallēlos | |
| parallelopiped, parallelopiped or parallelepipedon | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Greek parallēlepipedon; from parallēlos | |
| parallelepipedon, parallelopiped or parallelepipedon | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Greek parallēlepipedon; from parallēlos | |
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Science Dictionary
| parallelepiped (pār'ə-lěl'ə-pī'pĭd, -pĭp'ĭd) Pronunciation Key
A polyhedron with six faces, each a parallelogram and each being parallel to the opposite face. |
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Example sentences
But you can specify them to be of any length and non-orthogonal to each other, so that they describe a tilted parallelepiped.
It is comprised of a cube and a rectangular parallelepiped, linked by an entrance foyer.
Note that these vertex weights do not sum to the total volume of the hexahedron unless the hexahedron is a parallelepiped.
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