parallelepiped

[ par-uh-lel-uh-pahy-pid, -pip-id ]

noun
  1. a prism with six faces, all parallelograms.

Origin of parallelepiped

1
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
  • Also par·al·lel·e·pip·e·don [par-uh-lel-uh-pip-i-don, -duhn], /ˌpær əˌlɛl əˈpɪp ɪˌdɒn, -dən/, par·al·lel·o·pi·ped.

Other words from parallelepiped

  • par·al·lel·e·pip·e·dic [par-uh-lel-uh-pip-i-dik], /ˌpær əˌlɛl əˈpɪp ɪ dɪk/, par·al·lel·e·pip·e·don·al, par·al·lel·e·pip·e·dous, adjective

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How to use parallelepiped in a sentence

  • His first balloon was a small parallelopiped in very thin taffeta, containing less than seventy-eight cubic inches of air.

    Wonderful Balloon Ascents | Fulgence Marion
  • My carpets have been altered to fit all sized odd-shaped apartments from parallelopiped to hexagons.

    Urban Sketches | Bret Harte
  • You cannot write a text-book of geometry without reference to a hypotenuse and triangles and a rectangular parallelopiped.

    The Story of Mankind | Hendrik Van Loon
  • The thinner walls are composed of a single depth of the parallelopiped, while the thicker ones consist of two or more depths.

  • An army of men can exist only as a square, or other plane figure, whereas an army of angels can exist as a cube or parallelopiped.

British Dictionary definitions for parallelepiped

parallelepiped

parallelopiped parallelepipedon (ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪdən)

/ (ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɛd) /


noun
  1. a geometric solid whose six faces are parallelograms

Origin of parallelepiped

1
C16: from Greek parallēlepipedon; from parallēlos parallel + epipedon plane surface, from epi- + pedon ground

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Scientific definitions for parallelepiped

parallelepiped

[ păr′ə-lĕl′ə-pīpĭd, -pĭpĭd ]


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

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