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parallelepiped

pa·ral·le·lepiped

UK/ˌpæɹəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪd/ US/ˌpæɹəlɛˈlɛpɪpɛd/ uncommon

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1.

a prism whose bases are parallelograms

Origin

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

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