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parallelopipedon

parallelopipedon noun: a parallelopiped.

Noun

parallelopipedon (plural parallelopipedons)

  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 latter1806, Thomas Thomson, Annals of Philosophy

Forms of parallelopipedon

pluralparallelopipedons

Origin of parallelopipedon

From New Latin parallelopipedon, alteration of Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδος (parallēlepípedos, “with parallel surfaces”), from παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + ἐπίπεδος (epípedos, “plane”).

Questions about parallelopipedon

What does parallelopipedon mean?
Parallelopipedon means a parallelopiped.
What part of speech is parallelopipedon?
Parallelopipedon is a noun.
What is the plural of parallelopipedon?
The plural of parallelopipedon is parallelopipedons.

Words near parallelopipedon in the dictionary

  1. parallelomania
  2. parallelometer
  3. parallelometers
  4. parallelophobia
  5. parallelopiped
  6. parallelopipedon
  7. parallelopipedons
  8. parallelopipeds
  9. parallelotope
  10. parallelotopes
  11. parallels

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