hypercube

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  1. A mathematical object existing in more than three dimensions, analogous to the cube in that each two-dimensional facet of the surface is a square; a generalization of a cube in more than three dimensions.

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  • A hypercube is one small cube, sitting in the middle of a large cube, connected to it by diagonals. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 06 - June 1995
  • On the floor beneath the suspended hypercube, and the crucified Christ, is a checkerboard pattern -- except directly below the hypercube. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 06 - June 1995
  • Comparing this simple cross with the reality of the hypercube which casts the shadow, we contemplate that our world is perhaps a pallid shadow of a higher reality, an implicit mystical message. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 06 - June 1995
  • A similar kind of result might hold for sets and maps that could naturally be placed at the corners and edges of a cube, or a hypercube of any dimension. —  Dozois, Gardner ; Strahan, Jonathan - SSC - The New Space Opera (v1.0)
  • Do the same with the hypercube, and you should have a pretty good three-dimensional image of a cube inside another, with corners connected by lines. —  StrangeHorizons,September2002
 

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