parallelepiped

par·al·lel·e·pi·ped Audio Help (pār'ə-lěl'ə-pī'pĭd, -pĭp'ĭd)

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

[Greek parallēlepipedon : parallēlos, parallel; see parallel + epipedon, plane surface, from neuter sing. of epipedos, level (epi-, epi- + pedon, ground; see ped- in Indo-European roots).]

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