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Definition of Parallelopiped

1. Noun. A prism whose bases are parallelograms.

Definition of Parallelopiped

1. n. A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, the opposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each other; a prism whose base is a parallelogram.

Definition of Parallelopiped

1. Noun. (alternative form of parallelepiped) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Parallelopiped

1. A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, the opposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each other; a prism whose base is a parallelogram. Origin: Gr. A body with parallel surfaces; parallel + a plane surface, on the ground, or level with it, level, flat; on + the ground: cf. F. Parallelopipede. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parallelopiped

Literary usage of Parallelopiped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Geometry by Adrien Marie Legendre (1841)
"210) be the proposed parallelopiped ; from the points A, B, C, D, draw AI, BK, CL, DM, perpendicular to the plane of the base, and we shall thus have the ..."

2. An Elementary Treatise on Analytic Mechanics by Edward Albert Bowser (1884)
"parallelopiped oi Forces.—// three concurring forces, not in the same plane, ... Let the three edges AB, AC, AD of the parallelopiped represent the three ..."

3. An Elementary Treatise on Plane and Solid Geometry by Benjamin Peirce (1869)
"The solidity of any right parallelopiped or its ratio to the unit of ... Since, by § 356, any parallelopiped of a rectangular base is equivalent to a ..."

4. An Introduction to Geometry and the Science of Form: Prepared from the Most by Anna Cabot Lowell (1857)
"Let us suppose a rectangular and an oblique parallelopiped of equal altitude, to be constructed ... The rectangular parallelopiped is formed of an infinite ..."

5. Solid Geometry by Clara Avis Hart, Daniel D. Feldman, John Henry Tanner, Virgil Snyder (1912)
"A right parallelopiped is a parallelopiped whose lateral edges are ... A rectangular parallelopiped is a right parallelopiped whose bases are rectangles. ..."

6. Elements of Geometry by Adrien Marie Legendre (1825)
"Now, if a third parallelopiped be supposed, which, with the same inferior base ABCD, has for its superior base NOPQ, this third parallelopiped will be ..."

7. Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a by John Playfair (1826)
"and if through the point Ra plane RS parallel to NF be made to pass, it will eut oft' the parallelopiped ES equal (2. Cor. 8. 3. Sup.) to the prism AGBC, ..."

8. The Elements of Geometry by George Bruce Halsted (1886)
"Any parallelopiped is equivalent to a quader of equivalent base and equal altitude. For, supposing AB an oblique parallelopiped on an oblique base, ..."

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