Hypercube

//ˈhaɪ.pɚ.kjuːb// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A geometric figure in four or more dimensions, which is analogous to a cube in three dimensions. Specifically, the n-dimensional equivalent of a cube for any non-negative integer n.
  2. 2
    Such a figure in four dimensions; a tesseract.
  3. 3
    A data cube with more than three dimensions.
  4. 4
    A computer architecture in which each processor is connected to n others, by analogy with a hypercube of n dimensions.

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8 cell8-cellfigureoctachoronsupercubesupercube

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"Unidimensional Riemann integrals are defined by dividing intervals into small subintervals, and multiple integrals can be analogously defined by dividing a square, cube or hypercube into smaller subregions."

Etymology

From hyper- + cube.

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computer architecturedata cube

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