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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024par•al•lel•e•pi•ped (par′ə lel′ə pī′pid, -pip′id),USA pronunciation n. - Mathematicsa prism with six faces, all parallelograms.
Also, par•al•lel•e•pip•e•don (par′ə lel′ə pip′i don′, -dən),USA pronunciation par′al•lel′o•pi′ped. - Greek parallēlepípedon body with parallel surfaces, equivalent. to parállēl(os) parallel + epípedon plane, noun, nominal use of neuter of epípedos flat, equivalent. to epi- epi- + pédon ground
- 1560–70;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: parallelepiped, parallelopiped /ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɛd/parallelepipedon /ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪdən/ n - a geometric solid whose six faces are parallelograms
Etymology: 16th Century: from Greek parallēlepipedon; from parallēlos parallel + epipedon plane surface, from epi- + pedon ground |