"8-cell" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈeɪtˌsɛl/ Forms: 8-cells [plural]
Etymology: 8 + cell Etymology templates: {{compound|en|8|cell}} 8 + cell Head templates: {{en-noun}} 8-cell (plural 8-cells)
  1. (geometry) A four-dimensional polytope, analogous to a cube, whose eight bounding facets are cubes; a tesseract. Wikipedia link: Tesseract Categories (topical): Geometry, Higher-dimensional geometry, Mathematics, Shapes Synonyms (4-dimensional polytope analogous to a cube): 4-cube, hypercube (english: or 4-dimensional hypercube), cubic prism, octachoron, octahedroid, tesseract Hypernyms (polytope analogous to a cube): hypercube Translations (four-dimensional polytope): okĉelo (Esperanto), ipertetraedro [masculine] (Italian), tesseratto [masculine] (Italian), ipercubo quadridimensionale [masculine] (Italian), 正八胞体 (seihachihōtai) (alt: せいはちほうたい) (Japanese)

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