Meanings
plural parallelopipedons
- A parallelopiped.
In the next place compare the rhombus with the parallelopipedon. It is evident the former is precisely half the area of the latter
1806, Thomas Thomson, Annals of Philosophy
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna prism whose bases are parallelograms
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Origin
- Ancient Greekπαραλληλεπίπεδος“with parallel surfaces”
- New Latinparallelopipedon
- Englishparallelopipedon
From New Latin parallelopipedon, alteration of Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδος (parallēlepípedos, “with parallel surfaces”), from παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + ἐπίπεδος (epípedos, “plane”).
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parallelopipedon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parallelopipedon
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