parallelotope
parallelotope noun: a generalization of parallelogram and parallelepiped into a figure of arbitrary dimensionality.
Noun
parallelotope (plural parallelotopes)
- 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. - We develop next a theory of invariant valuations for the lattice of finite unions of orthogonal parallelotopes, having edgers parallel to a fixed frame. […] This follows from the basic fact that the intersection of two parallelotopes is a parallelotope.1997, Daniel A. Klain, Gian-Carlo Rota, Introduction to Geometric Probability, Cambridge University Press, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, page 30
- 1983 [North Holland/Elsevier], Robert S. Borden, A Course in Advanced Calculus, 1998, Dover, page 83,
Forms of parallelotope
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Origin of parallelotope
Blend of parallelogram + polytope. Popularized by Canadian geometer H.S.M. Coxeter.
Questions about parallelotope
- What does parallelotope mean?
- Parallelotope means a generalization of parallelogram and parallelepiped into a figure of arbitrary dimensionality.
- What part of speech is parallelotope?
- Parallelotope is a noun.
- What is the plural of parallelotope?
- The plural of parallelotope is parallelotopes.
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