"parallelotope" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: parallelotopes [plural]
Etymology: Blend of parallelogram + polytope. Popularized by Canadian geometer H.S.M. Coxeter. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|parallelogram|polytope}} Blend of parallelogram + polytope Head templates: {{en-noun}} parallelotope (plural parallelotopes)
  1. (geometry) A generalization of parallelogram and parallelepiped into a figure of arbitrary dimensionality. Wikipedia link: Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, parallelotope Categories (topical): Geometry Translations (generalization of parallelogram and parallelepiped): parallélotope [masculine] (French), Parallelotop [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-parallelotope-en-noun-Ju4QWyc2 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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