Parallelotope
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A generalization of parallelogram and parallelepiped into a figure of arbitrary dimensionality.
"1983 [North Holland/Elsevier], Robert S. Borden, A Course in Advanced Calculus, 1998, Dover, page 83, Suppose now that P is a k-dimensional parallelotope, 1<k<n, in Eⁿ."
Example
More examples"1983 [North Holland/Elsevier], Robert S. Borden, A Course in Advanced Calculus, 1998, Dover, page 83, Suppose now that P is a k-dimensional parallelotope, 1<k<n, in Eⁿ."
Etymology
Blend of parallelogram + polytope. Popularized by Canadian geometer H.S.M. Coxeter.
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