Parallelopipedon
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A parallelopiped.
"In the next place compare the rhombus with the parallelopipedon. It is evident the former is precisely half the area of the latter"
- 2 a prism whose bases are parallelograms wordnet
Example
More examples"In the next place compare the rhombus with the parallelopipedon. It is evident the former is precisely half the area of the latter"
Etymology
From New Latin parallelopipedon, alteration of Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδος (parallēlepípedos, “with parallel surfaces”), from παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + ἐπίπεδος (epípedos, “plane”).
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