parallelepiped

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  1. noun A solid with six faces, each a parallelogram and each being parallel to the opposite face.

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  1. Greek parallēlepipedon : parallēlos, parallel; see parallel + epipedon, plane surface, from neuter sing. of epipedos, level (epi-, epi- + pedon, ground; see ped- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. Commonly, but erroneously, parallelopiped; = French parallélépipède = Spanish paralelepípedo, paralelipípedo = Portuguese parallelipipedo = Italian parallelepipedo, paralellepipedo, from Middle Latin parallelepipedum, New Latin also parallelepipedon, from Greek παραλληλεπίπεδον, from παράλληλος, parallel (see parallel), + ἐπίπεδον, a plane surface, neuter of ἐπίπεδος, on the ground, from ἐπί, on, + πέδον, ground.
 

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/pærəlɛlɛˈpɪpɛd/
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