"polychoron" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɔlɪˈkoʊɹɔn/ Forms: polychorons [plural], polychora [plural]
Etymology: poly- (“many”) + -choron (“room”), from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) and χώρος (khṓros, “room”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|poly|choron|gloss1=many|gloss2=room}} poly- (“many”) + -choron (“room”), {{uder|en|grc|πολύς||many, much}} Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|polychora}} polychoron (plural polychorons or polychora)
  1. (mathematics) A four-dimensional polytope Wikipedia link: polychoron Categories (topical): Higher-dimensional geometry, Mathematics, Shapes Hyponyms: hypercube, tesseract, pentachoron Translations (four-dimensional polotype): plurĉelo (Esperanto), polychore [masculine] (French), Polichoron [neuter] (German), policoro [masculine] (Italian), 多胞体 (tahōtai) (alt: たほうたい) (Japanese), многуќелијник (mnoguḱelijnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), полихорон (polihoron) [feminine] (Macedonian), полихоро́н (polixorón) [masculine] (Russian)

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