tesseracts

tes·ser·act

[tes-uh-rakt]
noun
the generalization of a cube to four dimensions.

Origin:
1885–90; < Greek tésser(es) four + aktís ray

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A four-dimensional hypercube, having sixteen corners. See more at hypercube.
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